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The proletarian revolution ought now, by a little ray of kindness, to illuminate the gloomy life of prisoners, shorten Draconian sentences, abolish barbarous punishments - the use of manacles and whippings - improve, as far as possible, the medical attention, the food allowance, and the conditions of labor. That is a duty of honor.

— Rosa Luxemburg Against Capital Punishment (1918)

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Freedom only for the members of the government, only for the members of the Party — though they are quite numerous — is no freedom at all. Freedom is always the freedom of dissenters.

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Freedom is always and exclusively freedom for the one who thinks differently.

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Freedom is always the freedom of dissenters.

Bourgeois society stands at the crossroads, either transition to Socialism or regression into Barbarism.

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Socialism in life demands a complete spiritual transformation in the masses degraded by centuries of bourgeois rule.

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