18 ordspråk av Eugene Debs

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Eugene Debs föddes den 5 november 1855 och dog den 20 oktober 1926 - US labor organizer
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Chicago is the product of modern capitalism, and, like other great commercial centers, is unfit for human habitation.

Chicago

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

The most heroic word in all languages is revolution.

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.

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

Change

While there is a lower class I am in it; while there is a criminal element I am of it; while there is a soul in prison, I am not free

Freedom

I am not a labor leader. I don't want you to follow me or anyone else. If you are looking for a Moses to lead you out of the capitalist wilderness you will stay right where you are. I would not lead you into this promised land if I could, because if I could lead you in, someone else could lead you out.

I don't want you to follow me or anyone else. I would not lead you into the promised land if I could, because if I could lead you in, somebody else would lead you out.

I realize that there are certain limitations placed upon the right of free speech. I may not be able to say all I think, but I am not going to say anything I do not think.

Intelligent discontent is the mainspring of civilization.

Intelligent discontent is the mainspring of civilization. Progress is born of agitation. It is agitation or stagnation.

Now my friends, I am opposed to the system of society in which we live today, not because I lack the natural equipment to do for myself but because I am not satisfied to make myself comfortable knowing that there are thousands of my fellow men who suffer for the barest necessities of life. We were taught under the old ethic that man's business on this earth was to look out for himself. That was the ethic of the jungle; the ethic of the wild beast. Take care of yourself, no matter what may become of your fellow man. Thousands

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.

Ten thousand times has the labor movement stumbled and bruised itself. We have been enjoined by the courts, assaulted by thugs, charged by the militia, traduced by the press, frowned upon in public opinion, and deceived by politicians. 'But notwithstanding all this and all these, labor is today the most vital and potential power this planet has ever known, and its historic mission is as certain of ultimate realization as is the setting of the sun.

The people can have anything they want, the only problem is they do not want anything.

Democracy

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