Clara Zetkin Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“What practical conclusions may we now draw for our propaganda work among women? The task of this Party Congress must not be to issue detailed practical suggestions, but to draw up general directions for the proletarian women's movement.”

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

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

“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.”

“We are not making this demand for the sake of a principle, but in the interests of the proletarian class.”

“These interests of the workers, as the exploited and oppressed, class of society, are the same in all countries.”

“Bourgeois society is not fundamentally opposed to the bourgeois women's movement, which is proven by the fact that in various states reforms of private and public laws concerning women have been initiated.”

“Each reform, therefore, improving the economical and political situation of the workers proves to be an arm that increases the energy with which the proletarian struggle of classes is fought.”

“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?”