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Written: As a speech in German, delivered in 1893.
Published in English: 1928.
Translated by: Unknown (name not provided).
Source: Voices of Revolt: Speeches of Wilhelm Liebknecht. International Publishers, first edition, 1928, New York, USA. 96 pages.
Transcription and Markup: Bill Wright for marxists.org, November, 2022
(From the debate on the “State of the Future”, in 1893.)
We have not abjured revolution; we shall never abjure revolution. Under the Socialist Law, when each of us had hanging over him the sword of Damocles, of banishment and of the worst form of expatriation, we always asserted, with our heads held high: “We are a revolutionary party.” We repeat the same thing to-day and shall repeat it forever. We have not changed and shall not change.
Socialist Law: A series of measures adopted by the German Government in 1878 to put down the Socialists, and continued in force until 1890. Sponsored by Bismarck, these measures resulted in much hardship to the workers, but strengthened the movement in general. See Franz Mehring: Social Forces in German History, 1928.
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