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Anybody can be nobody but it takes a man to be somebody.

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 prison, above all others, should be the most human of institutions.
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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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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.
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The master class has always declared the wars the subject class has always fought the battles.
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I do not want you to follow me or anyone else if you are looking for a Moses to lead you out of this capitalist wilderness, you will stay right where you are. I would not lead you into the promised land if I could, because if I led you in, some one else would lead you out.
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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 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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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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Progress is born of agitation. It is agitation or stagnation.
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The general public knows practically nothing about the prison and appears to be little concerned about how it is managed and how prisoners are treated.
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A prison is a cross section of society in which every human strain is clearly revealed.
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When I rise it will be with the ranks, and not from the ranks.
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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 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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From the crown of my head to the soles of my feet I am Bolshevik, and proud of it.
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The people can have anything they want, the only problem is they do not want anything.
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Riches are the savings of many in the hands of one.
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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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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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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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