Religion is the opium of the people translated from the German Die Religion ... ist das Opium des Volkessometimes misquoted as opiate of the people.

Landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed.

The need of a constantly expanding market for its products chases the bourgeoisie over the entire surface of the globe.

Since only what is material is perceptible, knowable, nothing is known of the existence of God.

Advances in science help to delegitimize the rule of kings and the power of the Church.

Russia is a name usurped by the Muscovites. They are not Slavs; they do not belong to the Indo-Germanic race at all, they are des intrus [intruders], who must be chased back across the Dnieper, etc.

The writer must earn money in order to be able to live and to write, but he must by no means live and write for the purpose of making money.