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Sorry to "hijack" this, but I wonder if someone can either debunk this being by Rosa Luxemburg, or give me a pointer towards a source? I love this quote, but I'
by mellow2020 6y ago
Sorry to "hijack" this, but I wonder if someone can either debunk this being by Rosa Luxemburg, or give me a pointer towards a source? I love this quote, but I'm skeptical to say the least.
My dear,
Have you noticed how those who move, move fast? And those who don’t, just stand still; motionless?
Yes, you can go ahead and rant to me about how an object in motion stays in motion, and how an object at rest stays at rest. But, I think there’s more to this than physics.
I think those in motion have seen something the others have not; their imprisonment.
While those who do not move, do not notice their chains.
Truly yours,
Rosa Luxemburg
- sparky_z 6y agoA great source for this sort of question is Wikiquote. It classifies the quote as "misattributed"[0], and says that it "appears to be something Luxemburg could have said or written, but searches for a source have been unsuccessful". It cites this page[1] as evidence. [0] https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Rosa_Luxemburg#Misattributed https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Rosa_Luxemburg#Misattributed [1] https://librarianshipwreck.wordpress.com/2013/07/06/reference-desk-unanswered-questions/ https://librarianshipwreck.wordpress.com/2013/07/06/referenc...