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title: "4 Union Quotes By Eugene V. Debs"
description: "4 Union quotes by Eugene V. Debs. Plus more from Eugene V. Debs and more Union sayings from other authors."
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> [“I said then, and I say now, that while there is a lower class, I am in it; while there is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-v-debs/i-said-then-and-i-say-now-that-while-there-is-a-lower-class-i-am-in/)

[Eugene V. Debs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eugene-v-debs/)

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> [What can Labor do for itself? The answer is not difficult. Labor can organize, it can unify; it can consolidate its forces.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-v-debs/what-can-labor-do-for-itself-the-answer-is-not-difficult-labor-can/)

[Eugene V. Debs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eugene-v-debs/)

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> [One glance proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that these unions (railroad craft unions) are exceedingly useful to the corporations; and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-v-debs/one-glance-proves-beyond-a-shadow-of-a-doubt-that-these-unions/)

[Eugene V. Debs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eugene-v-debs/)

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> [In all the history of organized labor, from the earliest times to the present day, no body of union workingmen ever served…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-v-debs/in-all-the-history-of-organized-labor-from-the-earliest-times-to-the/)

[Eugene V. Debs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eugene-v-debs/)

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## Other authors on Union

## More by Eugene V. Debs

> [Too long have the workers of the world waited for some Moses to lead them out of bondage. I would not lead you out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-v-debs/too-long-have-the-workers-of-the-world-waited-for-some-moses-to-lead/)

[Eugene V. Debs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eugene-v-debs/)

> [From the crown of my head to the soles of my feet I am Bolshevik, and proud of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-v-debs/from-the-crown-of-my-head-to-the-soles-of-my-feet-i-am-bolshevik-and/)

[Eugene V. Debs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eugene-v-debs/)

> [“I left that church with rich and royal hatred of the priest as a person, and a loathing for the church as an institution,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-v-debs/i-left-that-church-with-rich-and-royal-hatred-of-the-priest-as-a/)

[Eugene V. Debs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eugene-v-debs/)

> [“I have no country to fight for; my country is the earth; I am a citizen of the world.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-v-debs/i-have-no-country-to-fight-for-my-country-is-the-earth-i-am-a-citizen/)

[Eugene V. Debs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eugene-v-debs/)

> [The class which has the power to rob upon a large scale has also the power to control the government and legalize their robbery.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-v-debs/the-class-which-has-the-power-to-rob-upon-a-large-scale-has-also-the/)

[Eugene V. Debs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-v-debs/wherever-capitalism-appears-in-pursuit-of-its-mission-of-exploitation/)

[Eugene V. Debs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eugene-v-debs/)

> [Intelligent discontent is the mainspring of civilization.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-v-debs/intelligent-discontent-is-the-mainspring-of-civilization/)

[Eugene V. Debs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eugene-v-debs/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-v-debs/the-republican-and-democratic-parties-or-to-be-more-exact-the/)

[Eugene V. Debs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eugene-v-debs/)

> [I would rather a thousand times be a free soul in jail than to be a sycophant and coward in the streets.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-v-debs/i-would-rather-a-thousand-times-be-a-free-soul-in-jail-than-to-be-a/)

[Eugene V. Debs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eugene-v-debs/)

> [The American people can have anything they want; the trouble is, they don't know what they want.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-v-debs/the-american-people-can-have-anything-they-want-the-trouble-is-they/)

[Eugene V. Debs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eugene-v-debs/)

> [Capitalism needs and must have the prison to protect itself from the criminals it has created.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-v-debs/capitalism-needs-and-must-have-the-prison-to-protect-itself-from-the/)

[Eugene V. Debs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eugene-v-debs/)

> [“{Letter from Debbs to Eva Ingersoll, husband of Robert Ingersoll , just after the news of Robert's death} We were inexpressibly shocked to hear…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-v-debs/letter-from-debbs-to-eva-ingersoll-husband-of-robert-ingersoll-just/)

[Eugene V. Debs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eugene-v-debs/)

> [The issue is Socialism versus Capitalism. I am for Socialism because I am for humanity. We have been cursed with the reign of gold…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-v-debs/the-issue-is-socialism-versus-capitalism-i-am-for-socialism-because-i/)

[Eugene V. Debs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eugene-v-debs/)

> [If you go to the city of Washington, you will find that almost all of those corporation lawyers and cowardly politicians, members of congress,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-v-debs/if-you-go-to-the-city-of-washington-you-will-find-that-almost-all-of/)

[Eugene V. Debs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eugene-v-debs/)

> [The truth has always been dangerous to the rule of the rogue, the exploiter, the robber. So the truth must be supressed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-v-debs/the-truth-has-always-been-dangerous-to-the-rule-of-the-rogue-the/)

[Eugene V. Debs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eugene-v-debs/)

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