Without general elections, without freedom of the press, freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, without the free battle of opinions, life in every public institution withers away, becomes a caricature of itself, and bureaucracy rises as the only deciding factor.
—Rosa Luxemburg
Topics: Tyranny
Freedom is always and exclusively freedom for the one who thinks differently.
—Rosa Luxemburg
Topics: Freedom
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