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Them Quotes 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 if…
- Every solitary one of these aristocratic conspirators and would-be murderers claims to be an arch-patriot; every one of them insists that the war is being…
- Speaking of myself, I was made to realize long ago that the old trade union was utterly incompetent to deal successfully with the exploiting corporations…
- As long as this great army of workers is scattered among so many craft unions, it will be impossible for them to unite and act…
- Why should the railroad employees be parceled out among a score of different organizations? They are all employed in the same service. Their interests are…
- I would no more teach children military training than teach them arson, robbery, or assassination.
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
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