Clara Zetkin

"For reforms ameliorate the situation of the working class, they lighten the weight of the chains labour is burdened with by capitalism, but they are not sufficient to crush capitalism and to emancipate the workers from their tyranny."

—Clara Zetkin (1857-1933)

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

—Clara Zetkin (1857-1933)

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

—Clara Zetkin (1857-1933)

". .women are house as well as factory slaves and are forced to bear a double workload."

—Clara Zetkin (1857-1933)

"The capitalists speculate on the two following factors: the female worker must be paid as poorly as possible and the competition of female labour must be employed to lower the wages of male workers as much as possible."

—Clara Zetkin (1857-1933)

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

—Clara Zetkin (1857-1933)

"The machines, the modern mode of production, slowly undermined domestic production and not just for thousands but for millions of women the question arose: Where do we now find our livelihood?"

—Clara Zetkin (1857-1933)

"‘The blood of the killed and the wounded must not be a stream to divide that which unites the present distress and the future hope"

—Clara Zetkin (1857-1933)