“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
“Be true to yourself and you cannot be a traitor to any good cause on earth.” EarthCausesBeing TrueBe True To YourselfTrue To YourselfTraitorGood Causes Author:Eugene V. Debs
“Do not worry over the charge of treason to your masters, but be concerned about the treason that involves yourselves. Be true to yourself and you cannot be a traitor to any good cause on earth.” TruthEarthCausesWorryMastersConcernedBeing TrueAnti WarBe True To YourselfTrue To YourselfTraitorTreasonGood Causes Author:Eugene V. Debs
“I have no country to fight for; my country is the earth, and I am a citizen of the world.” WorldCountryEarthFightingCitizensPatriotismNationalismCitizenshipWorld CitizenPatriotism And NationalismCountries Of The WorldEnvironmental Stewardship Author:Eugene V. Debs
“Private appropriation of the Earth’s surface, the natural resources, and the means of life is nothing less a crime than a crime against humanity, but the comparative few who are beneficiaries of this iniquitous social arrangement, far from being viewed as criminals meriting punishment, are the exalted rulers of society, and the people they exploit gladly render them homage and obeisance.” PeopleMeanEarthLife IsHumanitySocialNaturalCrimeResourcesSurfaceCriminalsPunishmentRulersArrangementsExploitsExaltedNatural ResourcesHomageAppropriationCrimes Against HumanityBeneficiaries Author:Eugene V. Debs
