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,…

- Eugene V. Debs

Progress is born of agitation. It is agitation or stagnation.

- 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. …

- 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.

- 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. T…

- 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.

- Eugene V. Debs

If you go to the city of Washington, and you examine the pages of the Congressional Directory, you will find that almost all of those corporation la…

- 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…

- Eugene V. Debs

Yes, I am my brother's keeper. I am under a moral obligation to him that is inspired, not by any maudlin sentimentality but by the higher duty I owe …

- Eugene V. Debs