Ferdinand Lassalle quotes

Ferdinand Lassalle quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“The genius of any slave system is found in the dynamics which isolate slaves from each other, obscure the reality of a common condition, and make united rebellion against the oppressor inconceivable.”
“There's no doubt about it that Mubarak has been indeed a partner with Israel, but there's also no doubt about something else. Conditions in Egypt were getting worse and worse, and it was almost just a matter of time before the popular uprising started.”

Source : "Interview with Rep. Anthony Weiner". "The Situation Room" with Wolf Blitzer, www.realclearpolitics.com. January 27, 2011.
“Whoever invented double clicking should be shot in the head! Twice!”
“I've always been in a rebel.”
“Let pessimism once take hold of the mind, and life is all topsy-turvy, all vanity and vexation of spirit. There is no cure for individual or social disorder, except in forgetfulness and annihilation.”
“For all-around, everyday, all-season wear, farmers can't be beat. They are inclined to chafe under the burden of leisure (a minor vexation on the farm), but they thrive on neglect and adversity.”

Source : Patricia Penton Leimbach (1987). “All my meadows”, Harpercollins
“I know very well that Berlin attaches great importance to NATO and solidarity, in terms of sharing the burden. For this reason, I feel confident that the German government will take the right decision, one that serves both German and NATO interests.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Only through acknowledgment of the erasure and void of Jewish life can the history of Berlin and Europe have a human future”
“It is advertising that enthrones the customer as king. This infuriates the socialist...[it is] the crossing of the boundary between West Berlin and East Berlin. It is Checkpoint Charlie, or rather Checkpoint Douglas, the transition from the world of choice and freedom to the world of drab, standard uniformity.”
“I liked Germany; I'm not into Berlin, it's too huge and empty and imposing, but Munich was good.”

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