Chicago is the product of modern capitalism, and, like other great commercial centers, is unfit for human habitation.
Eugene V. Debs

I have no country to fight for; my country is the earth, and I am a citizen of the world.
Eugene V. Debs

It is better to vote for what you want and not get it than to vote for what you don't want and get it.
Eugene V. Debs

The most heroic word in all languages is revolution.
Eugene V. Debs

Those who produce should have, but we know that those who produce the most - that is, those who work hardest, and at the most difficult and most menial tasks, have the least.
Eugene V. Debs

When great changes occur in history, when great principles are involved, as a rule the majority are wrong.
Eugene V. Debs

While there is a lower class, I am in it, while there is a criminal element, I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free.
Eugene V. Debs