God is stupidity and cowardice; God is hypocrisy and falsehood. God is tyranny and poverty; God is evil. For as long as men bow before altars, mankind will remain damned, the slaves of kings and priests.

Car Dieu c'est sottise et lachete; Dieu c'est hypocrisie et mensonge; Dieu, c'est tyrannie et misere; Dieu, c'est le mal. Tant que l'humanite s'inclinera devant un autel, l'humanite, esclave des rois et des pretres, sera reprouvee.

Pierre-Joseph Proudhon

The System of Economic Contradictions

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Pierre-Joseph Proudhon

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The System of Economic Contradictions

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Philosophical literature Political literature

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French

Time

1846 1840s 19th century

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Philosopher Politician Writer

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France Europe

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Proudhon, Pierre-Joseph. Systeme des contradictions economiques ou Philosophie de la misere [The System of Economic Contractictions, or Philosophy of Misery]. Paris: Chez Guilla umin et Cie, 1846, ch. 8.

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The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains.

Karl Marx

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Marx, Karl and Friedrich Engels [published anonymously]. Manifest der kommunistischen Partei [Manifesto of the Communist Party]. London: Gedruckt in der Office der Bildungs-Gesellschaft für Arbeiter, 1848.

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Marx, Karl and Friedrich Engels. The Communist Manifesto, translated by Samuel Moore and Friedrich Engels. Penguin Classics, 2002.

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Then a great and powerful wind tore the mountains apart and shattered the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the Lord was not in the earthquake: And after the earthquake a fire: but the Lord was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.

1st Kings 19:11-12

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1st Kings The Bible
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538 BC 530s BC 6th century BC
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Classical antiquity
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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (1st Kings 19:11-12).

Another quote originally in French

Religious insanity is very common in the United States.

Alexis de Tocqueville

Democracy in America

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Alexis de Tocqueville
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Democracy in America
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Political literature
Language
French
Time
1840 1840s 19th century
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Original Citation

Tocqueville, Alexis De. De La Democratie en Amerique [Democracy in America]. Vol. 2, London: Saunders and Otley, 1840, sect. 2, ch. 12.

Current Citation

Tocqueville, Alexis De. Democracy in America: The Complete and Unabridged Volumes I and II, translated by Henry Reeve. Bantam Classics, 2000, vol. 2, sect. 2, ch. 12.