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Solidarity is not a matter of sentiment but a fact, cold and impassive as the granite foundations of a skyscraper. If the basic elements, identity of interest, clarity of vision, honesty of intent, and oneness of purpose, or any of these is lacking, all sentimental pleas for solidarity, and all other efforts to achieve it will be barren of results.

Eugene V. Debs's Popular Quotes

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

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

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

- 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 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

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

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

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

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