# Opium of the people

> Karl Marx's description of religion: “Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people.”

**Wikidata**: [Q1056358](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1056358)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium_of_the_people)  
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## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013