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> [Friedrich Engels once said: "Bourgeois society stands at the crossroads, either transition to socialism or regression into barbarism." What does "regression into barbarism" mean to our lofty European civilization? Until now, we have all probably read and repeated these words…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosa-luxemburg/friedrich-engels-once-said-bourgeois-society-stands-at-the-crossroads/)

[Rosa Luxemburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosa-luxemburg/)

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## More by Rosa Luxemburg

> [“Europe, it is true, is a geographical and, within certain limits, an historical cultural conception. But the idea of Europe as an economic unit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosa-luxemburg/europe-it-is-true-is-a-geographical-and-within-certain-limits-an/)

[Rosa Luxemburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosa-luxemburg/)

> [There is no democracy without socialism, and no socialism without democracy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosa-luxemburg/there-is-no-democracy-without-socialism-and-no-socialism-without/)

[Rosa Luxemburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosa-luxemburg/)

> [Tomorrow the revolution will 'rise up again, clashing its weapons,' and to your horror it will proclaim with trumpets blazing: I was, I am,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosa-luxemburg/tomorrow-the-revolution-will-rise-up-again-clashing-its-weapons-and/)

[Rosa Luxemburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosa-luxemburg/)

> [Social democracy seeks and finds the ways, and particular slogans, of the workers' struggle only in the course of the development of this struggle,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosa-luxemburg/social-democracy-seeks-and-finds-the-ways-and-particular-slogans-of/)

[Rosa Luxemburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosa-luxemburg/)

> [The most revolutionary thing one can do is always to proclaim loudly what is happening.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosa-luxemburg/the-most-revolutionary-thing-one-can-do-is-always-to-proclaim-loudly/)

[Rosa Luxemburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosa-luxemburg/)

> [“Have private property, capitalist exploitation and class rule ceased to exist? Or, have the propertied classes in a spell of patriotic fervour declared: in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosa-luxemburg/have-private-property-capitalist-exploitation-and-class-rule-ceased/)

[Rosa Luxemburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosa-luxemburg/)

> [“Freiheit ist immer die Freiheit des Andersdenkenden Freedom is always, and exclusively, freedom for the one who thinks differently.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosa-luxemburg/freiheit-ist-immer-die-freiheit-des-andersdenkenden-freedom-is-always/)

[Rosa Luxemburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosa-luxemburg/)

> [Work for legal reform takes place only within the framework of the social form created by the last revolution.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosa-luxemburg/work-for-legal-reform-takes-place-only-within-the-framework-of-the/)

[Rosa Luxemburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosa-luxemburg/)

> [Tomorrow the revolution will already 'raise itself with a rattle' and announce with fanfare, to your terror: I was, I am, I will be!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosa-luxemburg/tomorrow-the-revolution-will-already-raise-itself-with-a-rattle-and/)

[Rosa Luxemburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosa-luxemburg/)

> [“The railway trains full with reservists are no longer accompanied by the loud acclamations of the young ladies; the soldiers no longer smile at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosa-luxemburg/the-railway-trains-full-with-reservists-are-no-longer-accompanied-by/)

[Rosa Luxemburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosa-luxemburg/)

> [On the one hand, we have the mass; on the other, its historic goal, located outside of existing society. On one hand, we have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosa-luxemburg/on-the-one-hand-we-have-the-mass-on-the-other-its-historic-goal/)

[Rosa Luxemburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosa-luxemburg/)

> [Capitalism, as a result of its own inner contradictions, moves toward a point when it will be unbalanced, when it will simply become impossible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosa-luxemburg/capitalism-as-a-result-of-its-own-inner-contradictions-moves-toward-a/)

[Rosa Luxemburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosa-luxemburg/)

> [“I want to burden the conscience of the affluent with all the suffering and all the hidden, bitter tears.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosa-luxemburg/i-want-to-burden-the-conscience-of-the-affluent-with-all-the/)

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> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosa-luxemburg/don-t-forget-as-busy-as-you-may-be-to-quickly-raise-your-head-and/)

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> [Social democracy.. is only the advance guard of the proletariat, a small piece of the total working masses; blood from their blood, and flesh…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosa-luxemburg/social-democracy-is-only-the-advance-guard-of-the-proletariat-a-small/)

[Rosa Luxemburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosa-luxemburg/)

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