Ferdinand Lassalle Quotes
Ferdinand Lassalle was a German jurist, philosopher, and political organizer and the founder of the General German Workers' Association in 1863, the first political party of the German workers and the direct ancestor of the Social Democratic Party of Germany. After early Hegelian studies and a notorious decade of litigation on behalf of the Countess Hatzfeldt, he produced his System of Acquired Rights and a long series of brilliant agitational addresses on the labor question and the role of the state. The quotes below are attributed to Ferdinand Lassalle, organized by topic.
Ferdinand Lassalle on Politics
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Attributed to Ferdinand Lassalle:
“The state is the moral form of human association.”
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“The working class is the concrete bearer of the universal.”
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“Universal suffrage is the lever of the social question.”
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“Capital cannot be tamed without organized labor.”
Ferdinand Lassalle on Truth
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Attributed to Ferdinand Lassalle:
“Speak only what is true; show only what is.”