The very action of the proletariat is a determining factor in history. And although we can no more jump over the stages of historical development than a man can jump over his shadow, nevertheless, we can accelerate or retard that… — 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 Image
There is no democracy without socialism, and no socialism without democracy. — Rosa Luxemburg Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
The most revolutionary thing one can do is always to proclaim loudly what is happening. — Rosa Luxemburg Copy Share Image
“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 Image
“Freiheit ist immer die Freiheit des Andersdenkenden Freedom is always, and exclusively, freedom for the one who thinks differently.” — Rosa Luxemburg Copy Share Image
Work for legal reform takes place only within the framework of the social form created by the last revolution. — Rosa Luxemburg Copy Share Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
