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Thousands of years ago the question was asked: Am I my brother's keeper? That question has never yet been answered in a way that is satisfactory to civilized society.
Eugene V. Debs
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Eugene V. Debs
Age: 70 †
Born: 1855
Born: November 5
Died: 1926
Died: October 20
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Wherever capitalism appears, in pursuit of its mission of exploitation, there will Socialism, fertilized by misery, watered by tears, and vitalized by agitation be also found, unfurling its class-struggle banner and proclaiming its mission of emancipation.
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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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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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The rights of one are as sacred as the rights of a million.
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Be true to yourself and you cannot be a traitor to any good cause on earth.
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The issue is Socialism versus Capitalism. I am for Socialism because I am for humanity. We have been cursed with the reign of gold long enough. Money constitutes no proper basis of civilization. The time has come to regenerate society - we are on the eve of universal change.
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The Republican and Democratic parties, or, to be more exact, the Republican-Democratic party, represent the capitalist class in the class struggle. They are the political wings of the capitalist system and such differences as arise between them relate to spoils and not to principles.
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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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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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The people can have anything they want, the only problem is they do not want anything.
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Progress is born of agitation. It is agitation or stagnation.
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As a rule, large capitalists are Republicans and small capitalists are Democrats, but workingmen must remember that they are all capitalists, and that the many small ones, like the fewer large ones, are all politically supporting their class interests, and this is always and everywhere the capitalist class.
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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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If the people would but analyze the human equation of a prison they might better account for the crimes that are visited upon them in cities, towns, and hamlets, ofttimes by men who graduated with an education and equipment for just that sort of retributive service from some penal institution.
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The prison, above all others, should be the most human of institutions.
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Anybody can be nobody but it takes a man to be somebody.
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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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When I rise it will be with the ranks, and not from the ranks.
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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.
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