Eugene V. Debs Quotes

The guns on the walls that surround the prison accurately, though unwittingly, index the true character of the penitentiary in our day.

Eugene V. Debs

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• The guns on the walls that surround the prison accurately, though unwittingly, index the true character of the penitentiary in our day.

  

  Eugene V. Debs
  • Character
  • Prison
  • Guns