“I have no country to
fight for; my country is the earth; I am a citizen of the world.”
“The most heroic word in
all languages is REVOLUTION.”
“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 Federal Court, Cleveland, Ohio,
upon being convicted of violating the Sedition Act (18 September 1918)
Eugene Victor Debs (5
November 1855
– 20 October 1926)
was an American labor and political leader and five-time Socialist Party
candidate for President of the United States.
