“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.” RememberInterestClassRepublicanDemocratFewerCapitalist Author:Eugene V. Debs
“The class which has the power to rob upon a large scale has also the power to control the government and legalize their robbery.” GovernmentClassScalesRobberyLarge Scale Author:Eugene V. Debs
“Your Honor, years ago I recognized my kinship with all living beings, and I made up my mind that I was not one bit better than the meanest on earth. I said then, and I say now, that while there is a lower class, I am in it, and while there is a criminal element I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free.” YearsMindMadeSaidSoulEarthBitsClassHonorElementsYears AgoPrisonCriminalsKinshipCommonalityLower ClassYour Honor Author:Eugene V. Debs
“They tell us that we live in a great free republic; that our institutions are democratic; that we are a free and self-governing people. That is too much, even for a joke. ... Wars throughout history have been waged for conquest and plunder... And that is war in a nutshell. The master class has always declared the wars; the subject class has always fought the battles.” PeopleHas BeensWarSelfFreedomLibertyClassToo MuchSubjectsMastersBattleJokesInstitutionsDemocraticRepublicAntiwarConquestGoverningPlunder Author:Eugene V. Debs
“The economic owning class is always the political ruling class.” PoliticalClassEconomyEconomicRulingGlobal Economy Author:Eugene V. Debs
“One glance proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that these unions (railroad craft unions) are exceedingly useful to the corporations; and to the extent that they serve the economic and political purposes of the corporations, they are the foes – and not the friends – of the working class.” PoliticalPurposeClassDoubtEconomicProveShadowUnionsCraftsCorporationsWorking ClassGlancesFoeRailroads Author:Eugene V. Debs
“Speaking of myself, I was made to realize long ago that the old trade union was utterly incompetent to deal successfully with the exploiting corporations in this struggle. I was made to see that in craft unionism the capitalist class have it within their power to keep the workers divided, to use one part of them to conquer and crush another part of them. Indeed, I was made to see that the old form of unionism separates the workers and keeps them helpless at the mercy of their masters.” LongMadeUseFormRealizingDealsClassStruggleMastersMercyTradeUnionsWorkersCraftsConquerCorporationsCrushDividedCapitalistLong AgoHelplessIncompetentTrade UnionsUnionism Author:Eugene V. Debs
“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.” FoundClassStruggleTearsCapitalismMiseryMissionsPursuitSocialismExploitationEmancipationBannerClass StruggleAgitationProclaiming Author:Eugene V. Debs
“I am not a capitalist soldier; I am a proletarian revolutionist. I do not belong to the regular army of the plutocracy, but to the irregular army of the people. I refuse to obey any command to fight from the ruling class, but I will not wait to be commanded to fight for the working class. I am opposed to every war but one; I am for that war with heart and soul, and that is the world-wide war of social revolution. In that war I am prepared to fight in any way the ruling class may make necessary, even to the barricades.” PeopleWorldWayHeartMayWarSoulFightingSocialWaitingClassRevolutionArmyPreparedSoldierRefuseWideCommandCapitalistWorking ClassRulingHeart And SoulSocial RevolutionPlutocracyBarricades Author:Eugene V. Debs
“The master class has always declared the wars; the subject class has always fought the battles. The master class had all to gain and nothing to lose, while the subject class has had nothing to gain and all to lose - especially their lives.” WarLosesClassSubjectsMastersBattleGainsNothing To Lose Author:Eugene V. Debs
“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.” SoulCultureClassElementsDiversitySocial JusticePrisonEqualityCriminalsProtestBrotherhoodSocialistDisobedienceBeing DifferentKinshipCommonalityLower Class Author:Eugene V. Debs
“The master class has always declared the wars; the subject class has always fought the battles.” WarClassSubjectsMastersBattle Author:Eugene V. Debs
“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.” PoliticalDifferencesPartyClassPrinciplesStruggleRepublicanWingsDemocraticAriseRelateCapitalistSpoilDemocratic PartyClass Struggle Author:Eugene V. Debs
