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It was not possible by any allurements to take from the workingmen the recognition of the inseparability of socialism from democracy and of democracy from socialism.

— Wilhelm Liebknecht No Compromise – No Political Trading (1899)

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Socialism without democracy is pseudo-socialism, just as democracy without socialism is pseudo-democracy.

We socialists are one nation to ourselves, – one and the same international nation in all the lands of the earth.

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If the way to hell is paved with good intentions, the way to defeat is paved with illusions.

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Socialism cannot conquer nor redeem the world if it ceases to believe upon itself alone.

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We shall never go wrong if we do what is opposed to the interests of our enemy.

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