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
Karl Liebknecht quotes about
The basic law of capitalism is you or I, not both you and I.
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.
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.