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Be true to yourself and you cannot be a traitor to any good cause on earth.
Eugene V. Debs
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Eugene V. Debs
Age: 70 †
Born: 1855
Born: November 5
Died: 1926
Died: October 20
Peace Activist
Political Leader
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Eugene Victor Debs
Eugene Debs
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Convict No. 9653
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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 I could for if you could be led out, you could be led back again. I would have you make up your minds there is nothing that you cannot do for yourselves.
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No war by any nation in any age has ever been declared by the people.
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In all the history of organized labor, from the earliest times to the present day, no body of union workingmen ever served in a more humiliating and debasing role than that in which the railway unions appear at this very hour before the American people and the world.
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If I were hungry and friendless today, I would rather take my chances with a saloon-keeper than with the average preacher.
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The truth has always been dangerous to the rule of the rogue, the exploiter, the robber. So the truth must be supressed.
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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 attempt to justify the kindness of one's friends.
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We want a system in which the worker shall get what he produces and the capitalist shall produce what he gets.
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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 of interest, clarity of vision, honesty of intent, and oneness of purpose, or any of these is lacking, all sentimental pleas for solidarity, and all other efforts to achieve it will be barren of results.
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The rights of one are as sacred as the rights of a million.
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I have no country to fight for my country is the earth, and I am a citizen of the world.
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Do not worry over the charge of treason to your masters, but be concerned about the treason that involves yourselves. Be true to yourself and you cannot be a traitor to any good cause on earth.
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The class which has the power to rob upon a large scale has also the power to control the government and legalize their robbery.
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