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It is when you have done your work honestly, when you have contributed your share to the common fund that you begin to live.
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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If it had not been for the discontent of a few fellows who had not been satisfied with their conditions, you would still be living in caves. Intelligent discontent is the mainspring of civilization. Progress is born of agitation. It is agitation or stagnation.
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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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I have no country to fight for my country is the earth, and I am a citizen of the world.
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