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Ferdinand Lassalle Quotes on Politics

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. This page collects quotes attributed to Ferdinand Lassalle on the topic of politics, drawn from across the philosopher's works.

Quotes

  • Attributed to Ferdinand Lassalle:

    “The state is the moral form of human association.”

  • Attributed to Ferdinand Lassalle:

    “The working class is the concrete bearer of the universal.”

  • Attributed to Ferdinand Lassalle:

    “Universal suffrage is the lever of the social question.”

  • Attributed to Ferdinand Lassalle:

    “Capital cannot be tamed without organized labor.”