Without general elections, without unrestricted freedom of press and assembly, without a free struggle of opinion, life dies out in every public institution, becomes a mere semblance of life, in which only the bureaucracy remains as the active element. Public… — Rosa Luxemburg Copy Share Image
Without general elections, without freedom of the press, freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, without the free battle of opinions, life in every public institution withers away, becomes a caricature of itself, and bureaucracy rises as the only deciding factor. — Rosa Luxemburg Copy Share Image
“Europe, it is true, is a geographical and, within certain limits, an historical cultural conception. But the idea of Europe as an economic unit… — Rosa Luxemburg Copy Share
There is no democracy without socialism, and no socialism without democracy. — Rosa Luxemburg Copy Share
Tomorrow the revolution will 'rise up again, clashing its weapons,' and to your horror it will proclaim with trumpets blazing: I was, I am,… — Rosa Luxemburg Copy Share
Social democracy seeks and finds the ways, and particular slogans, of the workers' struggle only in the course of the development of this struggle,… — Rosa Luxemburg Copy Share
The most revolutionary thing one can do is always to proclaim loudly what is happening. — Rosa Luxemburg Copy Share
“Have private property, capitalist exploitation and class rule ceased to exist? Or, have the propertied classes in a spell of patriotic fervour declared: in… — Rosa Luxemburg Copy Share
“Freiheit ist immer die Freiheit des Andersdenkenden Freedom is always, and exclusively, freedom for the one who thinks differently.” — Rosa Luxemburg Copy Share
Work for legal reform takes place only within the framework of the social form created by the last revolution. — Rosa Luxemburg Copy Share
Tomorrow the revolution will already 'raise itself with a rattle' and announce with fanfare, to your terror: I was, I am, I will be! — Rosa Luxemburg Copy Share
“The railway trains full with reservists are no longer accompanied by the loud acclamations of the young ladies; the soldiers no longer smile at… — Rosa Luxemburg Copy Share
On the one hand, we have the mass; on the other, its historic goal, located outside of existing society. On one hand, we have… — Rosa Luxemburg Copy Share
Capitalism, as a result of its own inner contradictions, moves toward a point when it will be unbalanced, when it will simply become impossible. — Rosa Luxemburg Copy Share
“I want to burden the conscience of the affluent with all the suffering and all the hidden, bitter tears.” — Rosa Luxemburg Copy Share
“Don't forget, as busy as you may be, to quickly raise your head and cast a glance at those great silver clouds and that… — Rosa Luxemburg Copy Share
Social democracy.. is only the advance guard of the proletariat, a small piece of the total working masses; blood from their blood, and flesh… — Rosa Luxemburg Copy Share
