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When I rise it will be with the ranks, and not from the ranks.

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
Politician
Trade Unionist
Terre Haute
Indiana
Eugene Victor Debs
Eugene Debs
Convict Number 9653
inmate number 9653
9653
Convict No. 9653
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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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