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 Copy Share Image
“I said then, and I say now, that while there is a lower class, I am in it; while there is a… — Eugene V. Debs Copy Share Image
The prison, above all others, should be the most human of institutions. — Eugene V. Debs Copy Share Image
If the people would but analyze the human equation of a prison they might better account for the crimes that are visited… — Eugene V. Debs Copy Share Image
Private appropriation of the Earth’s surface, the natural resources, and the means of life is nothing less a crime than a crime… — Eugene V. Debs Copy Share Image
A prison is a cross section of society in which every human strain is clearly revealed. — Eugene V. Debs Copy Share Image
While there is a lower class, I am in it, while there is a criminal element, I am of it, and while… — Eugene V. Debs Copy Share Image
Some go to prison for stealing, and others for believing that a better system can be provided and maintained than one that… — Eugene V. Debs Copy Share Image
In the very progress of society, the prison has in the very nature of things undergone some improvement, but there are vast… — Eugene V. Debs Copy Share Image
Too long have the workers of the world waited for some Moses to lead them out of bondage. I would not lead you out… — Eugene V. Debs Copy Share Image
From the crown of my head to the soles of my feet I am Bolshevik, and proud of it. — Eugene V. Debs Copy Share Image
“I left that church with rich and royal hatred of the priest as a person, and a loathing for the church as an institution,… — Eugene V. Debs Copy Share Image
“I have no country to fight for; my country is the earth; I am a citizen of the world.” — Eugene V. Debs Copy Share Image
The class which has the power to rob upon a large scale has also the power to control the government and legalize their robbery. — Eugene V. Debs Copy Share Image
Wherever capitalism appears, in pursuit of its mission of exploitation, there will Socialism, fertilized by misery, watered by tears, and vitalized by agitation be… — Eugene V. Debs Copy Share Image
The Republican and Democratic parties, or, to be more exact, the Republican-Democratic party, represent the capitalist class in the class struggle. They are the… — Eugene V. Debs Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
The American people can have anything they want; the trouble is, they don't know what they want. — Eugene V. Debs Copy Share Image
Capitalism needs and must have the prison to protect itself from the criminals it has created. — Eugene V. Debs Copy Share Image
“{Letter from Debbs to Eva Ingersoll, husband of Robert Ingersoll , just after the news of Robert's death} We were inexpressibly shocked to hear… — Eugene V. Debs Copy Share Image
