Author: Clara Zetkin

Quotes

All women, whatever be their position, should demand political equality as a means of a freer life, and one calculated to yield rich blessings to society.

All women, whatever be their position, should demand political equality as a means of a freer life, and one calculated to yield rich blessings to society.

- Clara Zetkin

When the men are silent, it is our duty to raise our voices in behalf of our ideals.

When the men are silent, it is our duty to raise our voices in behalf of our ideals.

- Clara Zetkin

When the men kill, it is up to us women to fight for the preservation of life.

When the men kill, it is up to us women to fight for the preservation of life.

- Clara Zetkin

These interests of the workers, as the exploited and oppressed, class of society, are the same in all countries.

These interests of the workers, as the exploited and oppressed, class of society, are the same in all countries.

- Clara Zetkin

The proletarian woman fights hand in hand with the man of her class against capitalist society.

The proletarian woman fights hand in hand with the man of her class against capitalist society.

- Clara Zetkin

What made women's labour particularly attractive to the capitalists was not only its lower price but also the greater submissiveness of women.

What made women's labour particularly attractive to the capitalists was not only its lower price but also the greater submissiveness of women.

- Clara Zetkin

When a battle for suffrage is conducted, it should only be conducted according to socialist principles, and therefore with the demand of universal suffrage for women and men.

When a battle for suffrage is conducted, it should only be conducted according to socialist principles, and therefore with the demand of universal suffrage for women and men.

- Clara Zetkin

The workers have nothing to gain from this war, but they stand to lose everything that is dear to them.

The workers have nothing to gain from this war, but they stand to lose everything that is dear to them.

- Clara Zetkin

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