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Karl Liebknecht Quotes

1871–1919 Germany

Karl Paul August Friedrich Liebknecht (13 August 1871 – 15 January 1919) was a German socialist politician and co-founder of the Communist Party of Germany. He had been expelled from the Social Democratic Party for opposing World War I.

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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.

May Day Manifesto (1916)

From every drop of this blood, from these dragon’s teeth sown for the victors of today, shall rise the avengers of the fallen – from every tattered fibre new soldiers shall rise for the great cause, which is eternal and unwithering like the firmament.

In Spite of Everything! (1919)

The main enemy of the German people is in Germany: German imperialism, the German war party, German secret diplomacy. This enemy at home must be fought by the German people in a political struggle, cooperating with the proletariat of other countries whose struggle is against their own imperialists.

The Main Enemy is at Home (1915)

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