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Victor L. Berger

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Also known as Victor Berger, Victor Luitpold Berger, Victor Louis Berger

American democratic socialist politician (1860–1929)

Person · Open Library

Born
1860
Died
1929
Works
14

Top works

  • Victor L. Gerger, Adolph Germer, William F. Kruse, Irwin St. John Tucker and J. Louis Engdahl, plaintiffs in error, vs. United States of America, defendant in error
  • Report of Socialist Party of the United States to the International Socialist Congress at Copenhagen, 1910
  • [Speech, House of Representatives, Nov. 10, 1919.]
  • Old parties unite to untax great wealth
  • In the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, October term, A.D. 1918, Victor L. Berger, Adolph Germer, William F. Kruse, Irwin St. John Tucker and J. Louis Engdahl, plaintiffs in error, vs. United States of America, defendant in error, error to the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Honorable K.M. Landis, judge

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
France
Active from
1947-11-28
Active to
1992-08-02
balladchanson françaisecomédie musicalefrenchfrench composerfrench pianist

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Quotes

  • This country is divided into classes as much as any monarchial country. Therefore, the working class—the men and women who work either with their brains or their hands—must have a party of their own to take care of their interests of their own class.
  • Political parties are simply the expression of economic interests.
  • The working class has nothing to hope from either the Republican party or the Democratic party. It is true that the representatives of these parties may be, and very often are, very cultured and accomplished gentlemen. Most of them are honest. However, they represent the capitalistic system, and the more honest and consistent they are—the more loyal they are to their class.
  • I would rather use a hundred years to bring about a new world, a better world, by evolution, with all the blessings of civilization, than bring it about by a bloody revolution, as they have in Russia, by shooting down about 30,000 men and women.
  • This is the first instance in the history of the world that the oppressed class has virtually the same political basis as the ruling class.
  • It is foolish to expect results from riots and dynamite, from murderous attacks and conspiracies, in a country where we have the ballot, as long as the ballot has not been given a full and fair trial.

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