Communism and the Augsburg Allgemeine Zeitung

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Date Written:  1842-10-13
Publisher:  Rheinische Zeitung
Year Published:  1842
Resource Type:  Article
Cx Number:  CX10948

We are firmly convinced that it is not the practical Attempt, but rather the theoretical application of communist ideas, that constitutes the real danger; for practical attempts, even those on a large scale, can be answered with cannon as soon as they become dangerous, but ideas, which conquer our intelligence, which overcome the outlook that reason has riveted to our conscience, are chains from which we cannot tear ourselves away without tearing our hearts.