Karl Liebknecht
Karl Liebknecht
Karl Liebknecht; 13 August 1871 – 15 January 1919) was a German socialist and a co-founder with Rosa Luxemburg of the Spartacist League and the Communist Party of Germany. He is best known for his opposition to World War I in the Reichstag and his role in the Spartacist uprising of 1919. The uprising was crushed by the social democrat government and the Freikorps. Liebknecht and Luxemburg were killed...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth13 August 1871
CountryGermany
The basic law of capitalism is you or I, not both you and I.
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.
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.
Imperialism is not the creation of any one or any one group of states.
But Socialism, alone, can bring self-determination of their peoples.
The new Germany has the unquestionable right to hold its tongue between its teeth.
In the present imperialistic milieu there can be no wars of national self-defense.
Yes, Socialists should defend their country in great historical crises.
This republic represents the greatest basis for that universal socialist order, the creation of which is at the present time the historic task of the International Proletariat.