“I said then, and I say now, that while there is a lower class, I am in it; while there is a criminal element, I am of it; while there is a soul in prison, I am not free.” — 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 political wings of the capitalist system and such differences as arise between them relate to spoils and not to principles. — 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 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 of the sudden death of your dear husband and our best loved friend. Most tenderly do we sympathize with you, and all of yours in your great bereavement... Gifted with the rarest genius, in beautiful alliance… — 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, and I vowed that I would never go inside a church again. [Eugene V. Debs, describing his teenage reaction to a hellfire lecture by a priest]” quote by Eugene V. Debs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/434/eugene-v-debs-7814_church_i-left-that-church-with-rich-and-royal-h_71485.jpg)
