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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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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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I may not be able to say all I think but I am not going to say anything I do not think.
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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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