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The social democracy of Germany must fulfill the role of champions of political freedom. The task of uniting the struggle for economic independence with that for political liberty has fallen upon the German laboring class.

— 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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