Rosa Luxemburg
Rosa Luxemburg
Rosa Luxemburgwas a Marxist theorist, philosopher, economist, Anti-War Activist, and revolutionary socialist of Polish-Jewish descent who became a naturalized German citizen. She was, successively, a member of the Social Democracy of the Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania, the Social Democratic Party of Germany, the Independent Social Democratic Party, and the Communist Party of Germany...
NationalityRussian
ProfessionActivist
Date of Birth5 March 1871
CountryRussian Federation
Rosa Luxemburg quotes about
revolutionary happenings can-do
The most revolutionary thing one can do is always to proclaim loudly what is happening.
peace war struggle
Those who do not move, do not notice their chains.
democracy socialism
There is no democracy without socialism, and no socialism without democracy.
party thinking government
Freedom only for supporters of the government, only for the members of one party - however numerous they may be - is no freedom at all. Freedom is always and exclusively freedom for the one who thinks differently. Not because of any fanatical concept of 'justice' but because all that is instructive, wholesome and purifying in political freedom depends on this essential characteristic, and its effectiveness vanishes when 'freedom' becomes a special privilege.
revolution impossible inevitable
Before a revolution happens, it is perceived as impossible; after it happens, it is seen as having been inevitable.
rocks victory elements
The masses are the decisive element, they are the rock on which the final victory of the revolution will be built.
freedom battle speech
Without general elections, without freedom of the press, freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, without the free battle of opinions, life in every public institution withers away, becomes a caricature of itself, and bureaucracy rises as the only deciding factor.
leadership reality creating
The masses are in reality their own leaders, dialectically creating their own development process.
struggle movement tiny
It is in the tiny struggles of individual peoples that the great movements of history are most truly revealed.
struggle revolutionary revelations
Marxism is a revolutionary worldview that must always struggle for new revelations.
views world clear-view
The most revolutionary act is a clear view of the world as it really is.
forgotten ifs
We will be victorious if we have not forgotten how to learn.
class historical rising
Bourgeois class domination is undoubtedly an historical necessity, but, so too, the rising of the working class against it. Capital is an historical necessity, but, so too, its grave digger, the socialist proletariat.
party struggle fall
Without general elections, without unrestricted freedom of press and assembly, without a free struggle of opinion, life dies out in every public institution, becomes a mere semblance of life, in which only the bureaucracy remains as the active element. Public life gradually falls asleep, a few dozen party leaders of inexhaustible energy and boundless experience direct and rule. Such conditions must inevitably cause a brutalization of public life: attempted assassinations, shootings of hostages, etc.