Quotes by Eugene V. Debs

About Eugene V. Debs:

Eugene Victor was an American union leader, one of the founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW or the Wobblies), and five times the candidate of the Socialist Party of America for President of the United States. Through his presidential candidacies, as well as his work with labor movements, Debs eventually became one of the best-known socialists living in the United States.
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Years ago I recognized my kinship with all living things, and I made up my mind that I was not one bit better than the meanest on the earth. I said then and I say now, that while there is a lower class, I am in it; while there is a criminal element, ...

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{Letter from Debbs to Eva Ingersoll, husband of , just after the news of death} We were inexpressibly shocked to hear of the sudden death of your dear and our best loved friend. Most tenderly do we sympathize with you, and all of yours in your great ...

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{Debbs' letter to 's granddaughter} I was the friend of your immortal and I loved him truly… the name of is revered in our home, worshipped by us all, and the date of birth is holy in our calendar... I have never loved another mortal as I have love...

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In every age it has been the tyrant, the oppressor and the exploiter who has wrapped himself in the cloak of patriotism, or religion, or both to deceive and overawe the People." ( , June 16, 1918)

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I have no country to fight for; my country is the earth; I am a citizen of the world.

Eugene V. Debs

When great changes occur in history, when great principles are involved, as a rule the majority are wrong.

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Chicago is the product of modern capitalism, and, like other great commercial centers, is unfit for human habitation.

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The most heroic word in all languages is revolution.

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It is better to vote for what you want and not get it than to vote for what you don't want and get it.

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While there is a lower class, I am in it, while there is a criminal element, I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free.

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I am opposing a social order in which it is possible for one man who does absolutely nothing that is useful to amass a fortune of hundreds of millions of dollars, while millions of men and women who work all the days of their lives secure barely enou...

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I left that church with rich and royal hatred of the priest as a person, and a loathing for the church as an institution, and I vowed that I would never go inside a church again. [Eugene V. Debs, describing his teenage reaction to a hellfire lecture ...

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While there is a lower class, I am in it. While there is a criminal element, I am of it. While there is a soul in prison, I am not free.

Eugene V. Debs

The name of is in the pantheon of the world. More than any other man who ever lived he destroyed religious superstition. He was the of oratory -- the greatest that the world has ever known. lived and died far in advance of his time. He wrought nobly ...

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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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I would not be a Moses to lead you into the Promised Land, because if I could lead you into it, someone else could lead you out of it.

Eugene V. Debs

I have no country to fight for; my country is the earth, and I am a citizen of the world.

Eugene V. Debs

Those who produce should have, but we know that those who produce the most - that is, those who work hardest, and at the most difficult and most menial tasks, have the least.

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Author Bio

  • NameEugene V. Debs
  • DescriptionU.S. labor and political leader
  • BornNovember 5, 1855
  • DiedOctober 20, 1926
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionPolitician