All Eugene V. Debs Quotes
- I would no more teach children military training than teach them arson, robbery, or assassination. Arson
- Private appropriation of the Earth’s surface, the natural resources, and the means of life is nothing less a crime than a crime against humanity, but… Appropriation
- You need at this time especially to know that you are fit for something better than slavery and cannon fodder. Better
- The master class has always declared the wars; the subject class has always fought the battles. Always Declared
- Solidarity is not a matter of sentiment but a fact, cold and impassive as the granite foundations of a skyscraper. If the basic elements, identity… Achieve
- I am for Socialism because I am for humanity. Humanity
- 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… Arise
- The guns on the walls that surround the prison accurately, though unwittingly, index the true character of the penitentiary in our day. Accurately
- 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… Account
- 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… Adversaries
- A prison is a cross section of society in which every human strain is clearly revealed. Clearly
- In the very progress of society, the prison has in the very nature of things undergone some improvement, but there are vast stretches yet to… Becomes
- The prison, above all others, should be the most human of institutions. All
- 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. Appears
- I am guilty of believing that the human race can be humanized and enriched in every spiritual inference through the saner and more beneficent processes… Applied
- Some go to prison for stealing, and others for believing that a better system can be provided and maintained than one that makes it necessary… Believe
- Labor is today the most vital and potential power this planet has ever known, and its historic mission is as certain of ultimate realization as… Certain
- What can Labor do for itself? The answer is not difficult. Labor can organize, it can unify; it can consolidate its forces. This done, it… Answer
- The American people can have anything they want; the trouble is, they don't know what they want. American
- Thousands of years ago the question was asked; ''Am I my brother's keeper?'' That question has never yet been answered in a way that is… Ago
- I have no country to fight for; my country is the earth, and I am a citizen of the world. Citizen
- While there is a lower class, I am in it, while there is a criminal element, I am of it, and while there is a… Class
- Those who produce should have, but we know that those who produce the most - that is, those who work hardest, and at the most… Difficult
- When great changes occur in history, when great principles are involved, as a rule the majority are wrong. Argument
- The most heroic word in all languages is revolution. All