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 soul in prison, I am not free.
Eugene V. DebsTags: politics debs eugene socialist
Years ago I recognized my kinship with all living things, and I made up my mind that I was not one bit better than the meanest on the earth. 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. DebsTags: inspirational compassion freedom humanity inequality radicalism kinship subversion
I have no country to fight for; my country is the earth; I am a citizen of the world.
Eugene V. DebsTags: compassion humanity cosmopolitan anti-militarism anti-nationalism universal-love
I am opposing a social order in which it is possible for one man who does absolutely nothing that is useful to amass a fortune of hundreds of millions of dollars, while millions of men and women who work all the days of their lives secure barely enough for a wretched existence.
Eugene V. DebsTags: wealth justice capitalism inequality poverty labor feudalism aristocracy
I would rather a thousand times be a free soul in jail than to be a sycophant and coward in the streets.
Eugene V. DebsI may not be able to say all I think, but I am not going to say anything I do not think.
Eugene V. DebsIntelligent discontent is the mainspring of civilization.
Eugene V. DebsBe true to yourself and you cannot be a traitor to any good cause on earth.
Eugene V. DebsIn every age it has been the tyrant, the oppressor and the exploiter who has wrapped himself in the cloak of patriotism, or religion, or both to deceive and overawe the People.
Eugene V. DebsTags: deception nationalism patriotism religion tyranny oppression exploitation totalitarianism authoritarianism fundamentalism
When great changes occur in history, when great principles are involved, as a rule the majority are wrong.
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