Ferdinand Lassalle Quotes

Germany, Writer
April 11, 1825 – August, 31, 1864.

Ferdinand Lassalle (German pronunciation: [laˈsal]; 11 April 1825 – 31 August 1864), born as Ferdinand Johann Gottlieb Lassal and also known as Ferdinand Lassalle-Wolfson, was a German-Jewish jurist, philosopher, socialist, and political activist. Lassalle is best remembered as the initiator of international-style socialism in Germany. He coined the terms "night-watchman state" and "iron law of wages.

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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 Lassalle
Labor is the source of all wealth and all culture.

Ferdinand Lassalle
- Culture
- Wealth
- Labor

The constitutional questions are in the first instance not questions of right but questions of might.

Ferdinand Lassalle
- Right
- First
- Questions
Only in a popular war against France... do I see a misfortune.

Ferdinand Lassalle
- War
- Popular
- See
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 Lassalle
- Money
- Moment
- Talent
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 Lassalle
- People
- War
- Government
Then this will only prove again and again, that Monarchy in Germany is he longer capable of a national act.

Ferdinand Lassalle
- Act
- Prove
- Monarchy
But I felt all the more bound to make this proposal, because it at once turns to a reproach.

Ferdinand Lassalle
- More
- Felt
- Once

Whoever lives in Berlin note, and doesn't die of Liberalism, will never die of vexation!

Ferdinand Lassalle
- Die
- Never
- Berlin
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 Lassalle
- War
- Year
- Last