We are not jumping on the austerity bandwagon. A healthy…

Love is by far the most important thing of all.

— Emmet Fox

“somewhat different. Many European countries have long practiced something resembling social democracy: but they have forgotten how to preach it. Social democrats today are…

— Tony Judt

When they locked up the social democrats, I remained silent; I was not a social democrat.

— Martin Niemoller

The Social Democrats have to listen to people who are attracted to the AfD party. That isn't a mistake at all. You can also…

— Martin Schulz

We Social-Democrats always stand for democracy, not "in the name of capitalism," but in the name of clearing the path for our movement, which…

— Vladimir Lenin

The pacifist streak in German politics is a problem. But Greens and Social Democrats have to ask themselves: In an imperfect world, what do…

— Anthony Glees

Since the crash of 2008 and during the neoliberal retrenchment known as austerity, many commentators have muttered that the left is dead, watching social…

— Guy Standing

“When, then, the Social Democrat worker found himself in the economic crisis which degraded him to the status of a coolie, the development of…

— Wilhelm Reich

We in Germany could, for example, lower taxes. And who is against that? The Social Democrats. We could also mobilize more private investments for…

— Wolfgang Schauble

We, the Social Democrats, are convinced that capitalism needs to be tamed a second time. The first time we achieved that in Germany for…

— Sigmar Gabriel

“Socialism for social democrats, especially in Scandinavia, was a distributive concept. It was about making sure that wealth and assets were not disproportionately gathered…

— Tony Judt

Social democrats are characteristically modest - a political quality whose virtues are overestimated. We need to apologise a little less for our shortcomings and…

— Tony Judt

“Don't get politics mixed up in this. It's all about money and it makes no difference if the Social Democrats or the moderates appoint…

— Stieg Larsson

The membership survey was a great moment for inner-party democracy. We can't go back, nor do we want to. Our members are pouring their…

— Martin Schulz

The old battle between Christian Democrats and Social Democrats is now meaningless, not least because the social structures that underlay those parties, the church…

— Anne Applebaum