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Quotes from Hitlerism and Social Democracy — Karl Kautsky

1854–1938 Austria

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The choice of methods and weapons to be used by the champions of democracy will not depend upon our wishes but will be determined by political and social conditions. and especially by the methods and weapons of the enemy.

Hitlerism and Social Democracy (1934)

Our duty is not merely to abolish the capitalist order but to set up a higher order in its place. But we must oppose those forces aiming to destroy capitalism only in order to replace it with another barbarous mode of production.

Hitlerism and Social Democracy (1934)

Under all circumstances we shall remain the champions of democracy and humanity. We reject as senseless and cruel and ruinous to both our cause and our nation the suggestion that we strive to arrive at humanity by the method of brutality.

Hitlerism and Social Democracy (1934)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Karl Kautsky (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.