Nothing is more humiliating than to have to beg for work, and a system in which any man has to beg for… — Eugene V. Debs Copy Share Image
A man should take to himself no discomfort from an opinion expressed or implied by his adversary, but it is difficult, and… — Eugene V. Debs Copy Share Image
In all the history of organized labor, from the earliest times to the present day, no body of union workingmen ever served… — 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
From the crown of my head to the soles of my feet I am Bolshevik, and proud of it. — Eugene V. Debs Copy Share
“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
“I have no country to fight for; my country is the earth; I am a citizen of the world.” — Eugene V. Debs Copy Share
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
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
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
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
The American people can have anything they want; the trouble is, they don't know what they want. — Eugene V. Debs Copy Share
Capitalism needs and must have the prison to protect itself from the criminals it has created. — Eugene V. Debs Copy Share
“{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
The issue is Socialism versus Capitalism. I am for Socialism because I am for humanity. We have been cursed with the reign of gold… — Eugene V. Debs Copy Share
If you go to the city of Washington, you will find that almost all of those corporation lawyers and cowardly politicians, members of congress,… — Eugene V. Debs Copy Share
The truth has always been dangerous to the rule of the rogue, the exploiter, the robber. So the truth must be supressed. — Eugene V. Debs Copy Share
