“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
“Ten thousand times has the labor movement stumbled and bruised itself. We have been enjoined by the courts, assaulted by thugs, charged by the militia, traduced by the press, frowned upon in public opinion, and deceived by politicians. 'But notwithstanding all this and all these, labor is today the most vital and potential power this planet has ever known, and its historic mission is as certain of ultimate realization as is the setting of the sun.” Has BeensTodayPoliticalCertainPoliticsKnownOpinionSunMovementPlanetsPoliticianThousandTenLaborUltimateCourtPressesMissionsSettingSettingsRealizationHistoricPublic OpinionDeceivedThugMilitiaBruisedLabor MovementOrganized LaborLabour Movement Author:Eugene V. Debs
“You have got to unite in the same labor union and in the same political party and strike and vote together, and the hour you do that, the world is yours.” WorldTogetherPoliticalPoliticsHoursPartyLaborVoteUnionsStrikesPolitical PartiesLabor UnionWorld Is Yours Author:Eugene V. Debs
“I'd rather vote for something I want and not get it than vote for something I don't want, and get it.” WantPoliticalChoicesPoliticsDemocracyVoteElectionVoting 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
“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
