Without general elections, without unrestricted freedom of press and assembly, without a free struggle of opinion, life dies out in every public institution, becomes a mere semblance of life, in which only the bureaucracy remains as the active element.
Rosa LuxemburgAbout author
- Author's profession: Activist
- Nationality: russian
- Born: March 5, 1870
- Died: January 15, 1919
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