And the story is told that a young woman taking an examination for a Communist party post was unsure of the answer to a question asking the inscription on a certain monument. She wrote the words of Marx quoted above and when the examination was over hurried to the monument to check. Reading the inscription “Religion is the opiate of the people,” she fell to her knees, saying, “Thank God.
– Roberson –
Transforming Russia: 1682 to 1991
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