Daniel De Leon Quotes

Capitalism attacks and destroys all the finer sentiments of the human heart; it ruthlessly sweeps away old traditions and ideas opposed to its progress, and it exploits and corrupts those things once held sacred.
Daniel De Leon

Heart, Human, Old

He who stands with his face to the East in the morning will have the sun before him. If he does not change his posture, the Earth in the meantime having changed its, he will have the sun no longer before him, but behind.
Daniel De Leon

Change, Morning, Him

Make no mistake: The organization of the working class must be both economic and political. The capitalist is organized upon both lines. You must attack him on both.
Daniel De Leon

Political, Him, Working

Each man has an equal social right to multiply his power of motion by all the social factors of civilization. Private property in any of these factors is inconsistent with this fundamental right; it must, obviously, prove a source of economic despotism and industrial slavery.
Daniel De Leon

Power, Social, Economic

Poverty breeds lack of self-reliance.
Daniel De Leon

Poverty, Lack, Breeds

Socialism is practical, in the best sense of the term; a living, vital force of inestimable value to society.
Daniel De Leon

Best, Society, Living

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Born: December 14, 1852

Died: May 11, 1914

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