Karl Ludwig Börne (born Loeb Baruch; 6 May 1786 – 12 February 1837) was a German-Jewish political writer and satirist, who is considered part of the Young Germany movement.

[1] On his return to Frankfurt, now constituted as a grand duchy under the sovereignty of the prince bishop Karl von Dalberg, he received (1811) the appointment of police actuary in that city.

Embittered by the oppression suffered by Jews in Germany, he took to journalism and edited the Frankfurt liberal newspapers Staatsristretto and Die Zeitschwingen.

This paper was suppressed by the police, and in 1821, Börne took a pause from journalism and led a quiet life in Paris, Hamburg, and Frankfurt.

She secures to us what Nature would deny – a golden age without rust, a spring which never fades, cloudless prosperity and eternal youth.Börne's works are known for brilliant style and for thorough French satire.

His best criticism is to be found in his Denkrede auf Jean Paul (1826) – a writer for whom he had warm sympathy and admiration –, in his Dramaturgische Blätter (1829–1834), and the witty satire Menzel der Franzosenfresser (1837).

Write what you think of yourself, of your women, of the Turkish War, of Goethe ... of the last judgment, of those senior to you in authority – and when the three days are over you will be amazed at what novel and startling thoughts have welled up in you.