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Eugene V. Debs

American labor and political leader

1855–1926

21 quotes, most often on Freedom, Politics and War & Peace.

I may not be able to say all I think; but I am not going to say anything that I do not think. I would rather a thousand times be a free soul in jail than to be a sycophant and coward in the streets.
The Canton, Ohio Speech, Anti-War Speech (1918)
- Courage
- Freedom
There has never been a free people, a civilized nation, a real republic on this earth.
The Socialist Party and the Working Class (1904)
- Freedom
Your Honor, years ago I recognized my kinship with all living beings, and I made up my mind then 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.
Statement to the Court (1918)
- Freedom
- Justice

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