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Freedom only for the members of the government, only for the members of the Party – though they are quite numerous – is no freedom at all. Freedom is… - Rosa Luxemburg
" "Freedom only for the members of the government, only for the members of the Party – though they are quite numerous – is no freedom at all. Freedom is always the freedom of the one who thinks differently. Not because of any fanatical concept of justice, but because all that is instructive, wholesome and purifying in political freedom depends on this essential characteristic, and its effectiveness vanishes when ‘freedom’ becomes a special privilege.
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About Rosa Luxemburg
Rosa Luxemburg (also Rozalia Luxenburg; 5 March 1871 – 15 January 1919) was a Marxist theorist, philosopher, economist and revolutionary socialist of Polish-Jewish descent who became a naturalized German citizen. She was, successively, a member of the Social Democracy of the Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania (SDKPiL), the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), the Independent Social Democratic Party (USPD), and the Communist Party of Germany (KPD).
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Also Known As
Pen Names:
R. Kruszynska
Native Name:
Róża Luksemburg
Alternative Names:
Rozalia Luxenburg
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Red Rosa Luxemburg
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Rosa Luksemburg
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Rozalia Luksenburg
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Róża Luxemburg
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