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I'd rather vote for something I want and not get it than vote for something I don't want, and get it.
Eugene V. Debs -
Speaking of myself, I was made to realize long ago that the old trade union was utterly incompetent to deal successfully with the exploiting corporations in this struggle. I was made to see that in craft unionism the capitalist class have it within their power to keep the workers divided, to use one part of them to conquer and crush another part of them. Indeed, I was made to see that the old form of unionism separates the workers and keeps them helpless at the mercy of their masters.
Eugene V. Debs
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I have no country to fight for; my country is the earth, and I am a citizen of the world.
Eugene V. Debs -
Progress is born of agitation. It is agitation or stagnation.
Eugene V. Debs -
A prison is a cross section of society in which every human strain is clearly revealed.
Eugene V. Debs -
Wherever capitalism appears, in pursuit of its mission of exploitation, there will Socialism, fertilized by misery, watered by tears, and vitalized by agitation be also found, unfurling its class-struggle banner and proclaiming its mission of emancipation.
Eugene V. Debs -
No war by any nation in any age has ever been declared by the people.
Eugene V. Debs -
If the people would but analyze the human equation of a prison they might better account for the crimes that are visited upon them in cities, towns, and hamlets, ofttimes by men who graduated with an education and equipment for just that sort of retributive service from some penal institution.
Eugene V. Debs
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I would rather a thousand times be a free soul in jail than to be a sycophant and coward in the streets.
Eugene V. Debs -
The protection the government owes you and fails to provide, you are morally bound to provide for yourselves.
Eugene V. Debs -
When great changes occur in history, when great principles are involved, as a rule the majority are wrong.
Eugene V. Debs -
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 -
A man should take to himself no discomfort from an opinion expressed or implied by his adversary, but it is difficult, and oftentimes humiliating to attempt to justify the kindness of one's friends.
Eugene V. Debs -
If I were hungry and friendless today, I would rather take my chances with a saloon-keeper than with the average preacher.
Eugene V. Debs
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The workers are the saviors of society, the redeemers of the race.
Eugene V. Debs -
The most heroic word in all languages is REVOLUTION.
Eugene V. Debs -
I may not be able to say all I think; but I am not going to say anything I do not think.
Eugene V. Debs -
The rights of one are as sacred as the rights of a million.
Eugene V. Debs -
The general public knows practically nothing about the prison and appears to be little concerned about how it is managed and how prisoners are treated.
Eugene V. Debs -
Do not worry over the charge of treason to your masters, but be concerned about the treason that involves yourselves. Be true to yourself and you cannot be a traitor to any good cause on earth.
Eugene V. Debs