Alexandra Kollontai Quotes
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Only the fresh revolutionary storms were strong enough to sweep away hoary prejudices against woman and only the productive-working people is able to effect the complete equalization and liberation of woman by building a new society.
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I wanted to be free. I wanted to express desires on my own, to shape my own little life.
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The issue was to wage a struggle against the war, against coalescence with the liberal bourgeoisie, and for the power of the workers' councils, the Soviets.
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If I have attained something in this world, it was not my personal qualities that originally brought this about. Rather my achievements are only a symbol of the fact that woman, after all, is already on the march to general recognition.
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I've read enough novels to know just how much time & energy it takes to fall in love and I just don't have the time.
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I stood close to the materialist conception of history, since in early womanhood I had inclined towards the realistic school.
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Some third person decides your fate: this is the whole essence of bureaucracy.
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I could not lead a happy, peaceful life when the working population was so terribly enslaved.
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Not a single one of the men who were close to me has ever had a direction-giving influence on my inclinations, strivings, or my world-view. On the contrary, most of the time I was the guiding spirit. I acquired my view of life, my political line from life itself, and in uninterrupted study from books.
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I stand on the threshold of new missions and life is making new demands upon me. No matter what further tasks I shall be carrying out, it is perfectly clear to me that the complete liberation of the working woman and the creation of the foundation of a new sexual morality will always remain the highest aim of my activity, and of my life.
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I never gave a thought to any kind of danger, being all too engrossed in matters of an utterly different character.
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My life was as crammed with strenuous work and highly interesting experiences alike.
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Sexuality is a human instinct as natural as hunger or thirst.
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I revolted against this marriage of convenience, this marriage for money and wanted to marry only for love, out of a great passion.