Karl Liebknecht Born : August 13, 1871 Died : January 15, 1919 Browse All Authors Top 25 quotes by Karl Liebknecht For capitalism, war and peace are business and nothing but business. Karl Liebknecht business war peace The basic law of capitalism is you or I, not both you and I. Karl Liebknecht capitalism law Capitalism is war; socialism is peace. Karl Liebknecht capitalism socialism war At the crash of economic collapse of which the rumblings can already be heard, the sleeping soldiers of the proletariat will awake as at the fanfare of the Last Judgment and the corpses of the victims of the struggle will arise and demand an accounting from those who are loaded down with curses. Karl Liebknecht soldier struggle sleep Long live the liberation of the workers off all countries from the infernal chasm of war, exploitation and slavery! Karl Liebknecht war long country The aim of my life is the overthrow of monarchy. Karl Liebknecht monarchy aim life-is The Russian revolution was to an unprecedented degree the cause of the proletariat of the whole world becoming more revolutionary. Karl Liebknecht degrees revolution world Passive fatalism can never be the role of a revolutionary party, like the Social Democracy. Karl Liebknecht democracy roles party To the socialist no nation is free whose national existence is based upon the enslavement of another people, for to him colonial peoples, too, are peoples, and, as such, parts of the national state. Karl Liebknecht existence states people International socialism recognizes the right of free independent nations, with equal rights. Karl Liebknecht eugenics independent rights Like a cyclone, imperialism spins across the globe; militarism crushes peoples and sucks their blood like a vampire. Karl Liebknecht crush ghouls blood Consider well this fact: As long as the German people does not arise and use force directed by its own will, the assassination of the people will continue. Karl Liebknecht doe long people But Socialism, alone, can bring self-determination of their peoples. Karl Liebknecht eugenics determination self Incendiary capitalism is carrying its out evil works more dangerously than ever, and is doing so in the increasingly dangerous neighborhood of the powder kegs that are the great European military powers. Karl Liebknecht kegs military evil Imperialism is not the creation of any one or any one group of states. Karl Liebknecht imperialism creation groups In capitalist history, invasion and class struggle are not opposites, as the official legend would have us believe, but one is the means and the expression of the other. Karl Liebknecht struggle mean believe Just as invasion is the true and tried weapon in the hands of capital against the class struggle, so on the other hand the fearless pursuit of the class struggle has always proven the most effective preventative of foreign invasions. Karl Liebknecht struggle class hands Class struggle: external peace, international solidarity, peace among peoples. This is the sacred slogan of international socialist democracy that liberates nations. Karl Liebknecht democracy struggle class The failure of the Russian Socialist Republic will be the defeat of the proletariat of the whole world. Karl Liebknecht republic defeat world The new Germany has the unquestionable right to hold its tongue between its teeth. Karl Liebknecht tongue teeth germany
