Ferdinand Lassalle
1825 — 1864
Biography
Now, gentlemen, remember this: It is to you, you the
suffering, the patient and enduring class, that the State belongs;
not to us of the higher classes; for the State is the
consolidated people. I asked you what was the State, and
you have found through a few figures, a more comprehensive
answer than many books could give; I repeat it, you, the
people, make the State. (...)
Universal and direct suffrage!
This is the sign and symbol by which you conquer. There is no other for you.
From Open Letter to the National Labor Association of Germany (1863)
Works:
1862: Concerning the Theory of the Constitution (excerpts)
The Artificers of the Constitution
The Deliverers of the Constitution
1862: What Now? A Second Lecture on the Nature of the Constitution (excerpt)
1862: The Working Man’s Programme 📖
Excerpted alternate translations:
1863: Open Letter to the National Labor Association of Germany (PDF)
Excerpted alternate translation:
1863: The French National Workshops of 1848
1863: Workers’ Reader (excerpts)
1863: To the German Workers (speech excerpt)
1863: The Festivals, the Press, and the Congress of Deputies at Frankfort (excerpts)
Black, Red and Gold, or Black, White and Red?
1863: To the Workers of Berlin (excerpt)
1863: Indirect Taxation and the Situation of the Working Class (excerpt)
1864: What is Capital?
Collection: Voices of Revolt: Speeches of Ferdinand Lassalle 📖
Writings about Ferdinand Lassalle:
1889: Ferdinand Lassalle: A 25-year memorial, by Karl Kautsky
1893: Ferdinand Lassalle as a Social Reformer, by Eduard Bernstein
1904: Lassalle and the Revolution, by Rosa Luxemburg
1913: Lassalle’s Legacy, by Rosa Luxemburg
1925: Ferdinand Lassalle’s Centenary, by Hermann Duncker
1925: Introduction to Speeches of Ferdinand Lassalle, by Jakob Altmeier