Clara Zetkin Quotes

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

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

When a battle for suffrage is conducted, it should only be conducted according to socialist principles, and therefore with the demand of universal suffrage for women and men.

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

The proletarian woman fights hand in hand with the man of her class against capitalist society.

What made women's labour particularly attractive to the capitalists was not only its lower price but also the greater submissiveness of women.

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

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?

Given the fact that many thousands of female workers are active in history, it is vital for the trade unions to incorporate them into their movement.

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.

All women, whatever be their position, should demand political equality as a means of a freer life, and one calculated to yield rich blessings to society.