Asylums Quote 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…

— Eugene V. Debs

From the crown of my head to the soles of my feet I am Bolshevik, and proud of it.

— 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,…

— Eugene V. Debs

“I have no country to fight for; my country is the earth; I am a citizen of the world.”

— 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.

— 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…

— Eugene V. Debs

Intelligent discontent is the mainspring of civilization.

— 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…

— 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.

— Eugene V. Debs

The American people can have anything they want; the trouble is, they don't know what they want.

— Eugene V. Debs

Capitalism needs and must have the prison to protect itself from the criminals it has created.

— 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…

— Eugene V. Debs