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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.
Eugene V. Debs
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Eugene V. Debs
Age: 70 †
Born: 1855
Born: November 5
Died: 1926
Died: October 20
Peace Activist
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Eugene Victor Debs
Eugene Debs
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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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