Marianne Moore
American poet (1887-1972)
Ferdinand Lassalle
German jurist and socialist (1825-1864)
Ferdinand Lassallewas a Prussian-German jurist, philosopher, socialist and politician who is best remembered as the initiator of the social-democratic movement in Germany. “Lassalle was the first man in Germany, the first in Europe, who succeeded in organising a party of socialist action”, according to Elie Halevy.
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About the Ferdinand Lassalle
Ferdinand Lassallewas a Prussian-German jurist, philosopher, socialist and politician who is best remembered as the initiator of the social-democratic movement in Germany. “Lassalle was the first man in Germany, the first in Europe, who succeeded in organising a party of socialist action”, according to Elie Halevy. Or, as Rosa Luxemburg put it: “what Lassalle managed to wrestle from history in two years of flaming agitation needed many decades to come about”.
As an agitator, he coined the terms night-watchman state and iron law of wages.
10 Quotes by Ferdinand Lassalle
- 1.
Then this will only prove again and again, that Monarchy in Germany is he longer capable of a national act.
Ferdinand LassalleGerman jurist and socialist (1825-1864)
- 2.
From that moment on, the newspaper became a highly lucrative investment for those with a talent for making money or for publishers wanting to gain a fortune.
Ferdinand LassalleGerman jurist and socialist (1825-1864)
- 3.
Whoever lives in Berlin note, and doesn’t die of Liberalism, will never die of vexation!
Ferdinand LassalleGerman jurist and socialist (1825-1864)
- 4.
The constitutional questions are in the first instance not questions of right but questions of might.
Ferdinand LassalleGerman jurist and socialist (1825-1864)
- 5.
But you will understand by yourselves that the matter applies equally well to the organization of the officials of justice, of administrative officials, etc; these are likewise organized instruments of power in certain societies.
Ferdinand LassalleGerman jurist and socialist (1825-1864)
- 6.
Useful as a war against France, undertaken by the Government against the will of the people would be for our revolutionary development, just so dangerous must be the effect upon our democratic development of a war supported by blind popular enthusiasm.
Ferdinand LassalleGerman jurist and socialist (1825-1864)
- 7.
Labor is the source of all wealth and all culture.
Ferdinand LassalleGerman jurist and socialist (1825-1864)
- 8.
Only to he avoid misunderstandings, I must say that even last year, when I wrote my pamphlet, I heartily wished that Prussia should declare war against Napoleon.
Ferdinand LassalleGerman jurist and socialist (1825-1864)
- 9.
But I felt all the more bound to make this proposal, because it at once turns to a reproach.
Ferdinand LassalleGerman jurist and socialist (1825-1864)
- 10.
Only in a popular war against France… do I see a misfortune.
Ferdinand LassalleGerman jurist and socialist (1825-1864)