Ferdinand Lassalle Quotes

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Unrestrained freedom of scientific teaching is... not only an inalienable right of the individual, but, what is more to the point, it is, primarily and most particularly, a necessity of life to the community; it involves the life of the State itself.

Ferdinand Lassalle

Whoever obstructs scientific inquiry clamps down the safety valve of public opinion, and puts the State in train for an explosion.

Ferdinand Lassalle

Ferdinand Lassalle

Ferdinand Lassalle

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Born: April 11, 1825

Died: August 31, 1864 (aged 39)

Bio: Ferdinand Lassalle, born as Ferdinand Johann Gottlieb Lassal and also known as Ferdinand Lassalle-Wolfson, was a German-Jewish jurist, philosopher, and socialist political activist. Lassalle is best remembered as an initiator of international-style socialism in Germany.

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