“Nothing is more humiliating than to have to beg for work, and a system in which any man has to beg for work stands condemned. No man can defend it.” MenHumiliating Author:Eugene V. Debs
“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 enough for a wretched existence.” MenDoeEnoughPoliticalOrderSocialWomenMoneyExistenceMillionsMen And WomenDollarsFortuneSocialismSecureInequalityOppositionOne ManSocialistWretchedOpposingAbsolutely NothingSocial OrderHoardingFeudalismFeudal System Author:Eugene V. Debs
“Every one of the aristocratic conspirators and would-be murderers claims to be an arch-patriot; every one of them insists that the war is being waged to make the world safe for democracy. What humbug! What rot! What false pretense! These... tyrants, these red-handed robbers and murderers, the "patriots," while the men who have the courage to stand face to face with them, speak the truth, and fight for their exploited victims - they are [called] the disloyalists and traitors. If this be true, I want to take my place side by side with the traitors in this fight.” IfsMenWorldWantWarWould BeFacesFightingSpeakSidesDemocracyHe ManSafeRedClaimsVictimBeing TrueTyrantsAntiwarSolitaryPatriotMurdererFace To FacePretenseSpeak The TruthTraitorRobbersArchesAristocraticHumbugConspirators Author:Eugene V. Debs
“I do not oppose the insane asylum - but I abhor and condemn the cutthroat system that robs man of his reason, drives him to insanity and makes the lunatic asylum an indispensable adjunct to every civilized community.” MenReasonCommunityInsaneInsanityCivilizedIndispensableLunaticAsylumsInsane AsylumLunatic Asylums Author:Eugene V. Debs
“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.” PeopleIfsMenHumansMightCitiesCrimeAccountsTownsInstitutionsPrisonEquipmentEquations Author:Eugene V. Debs
“A man should take to himself no discomfort from an opinion expressed or implied by his adversary, but it is difficult, and oftentimes humiliating to attempt to justify the kindness of one's friends.” MenShouldDifficultOpinionKindnessJustifyDiscomfortAdversariesHumiliatingImplied Author:Eugene V. Debs
“In the very progress of society, the prison has in the very nature of things undergone some improvement, but there are vast stretches yet to be covered before the prison becomes, if it ever does, an institution for the reclamation and rehabilitation of erring and unfortunate men and women.” IfsMenDoeProgressMen And WomenInstitutionsPrisonImprovementCoveredUnfortunateRehabilitationErringProgress Of SocietyReclamation Author:Eugene V. Debs
“Some go to prison for stealing, and others for believing that a better system can be provided and maintained than one that makes it necessary for a man to steal in order to live.” MenBelieveOrderPrisonStealing Author:Eugene V. Debs
