“There is no longer any religion when there is no longer any privileged religion. Take from religion its exclusive power and it will no longer exist.”

—  Bruno Bauer , book The Jewish Question

As quoted in Karl Marx's "The Jewish Question" by ; as translated in Karl Marx, Frederick Engels : Collected Works (1975) edited by International Publishers

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