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The people are as capable of achieving their industrial freedom as they were to secure their political liberty, and both are necessary to a free nation.
The Socialist Party and the Working Class (1904)
From the crown of my head to the soles of my feet I am Bolshevik, and proud of it.
Denial of one's better self seals the lips or pollutes them. Fidelity to conviction opens them and truth blossoms in eloquence.
The Secret of Efficient Expression (1911)
In due time the hour will strike and this great cause triumphant — the greatest in history — will proclaim the emancipation of the working class and the brotherhood of all mankind.
The Canton, Ohio Speech, Anti-War Speech (1918)
Ignorance alone stands in the way of socialist success. The capitalist parties understand this and use their resources to prevent the workers from seeing the light.
Intellectual darkness is essential to industrial slavery.
The Socialist Party and the Working Class (1904)
The issue is Socialism versus Capitalism. I am for Socialism because I am for humanity. We have been cursed with the reign of gold long enough. Money constitutes no proper basis of civilization. The time has come to regenerate society — we are on the eve of universal change.
There is no inspiration in evil and no power except for its own destruction.
The Secret of Efficient Expression (1911)
The political solidarity of the working class means the death of despotism, the birth of freedom, the sunrise of civilization.
The Socialist Party and the Working Class (1904)
To speak for labor; to plead the cause of the men and women and children who toil; to serve the working class, has always been to me a high privilege; a duty of love.
The Canton, Ohio Speech, Anti-War Speech (1918)
Do not worry over the charge of treason to your masters, but be concerned about the treason that involves yourselves. Be true to yourself and you cannot be a traitor to any good cause on earth.
The Canton, Ohio Speech, Anti-War Speech (1918)
Foolish and vain indeed is the workingman who makes the color of his skin the stepping-stone to his imaginary superiority.
The Negro and His Nemesis (1904)
You who have your lives to lose, you certainly above all others have the right to decide the momentous issue of war or peace.
The Canton, Ohio Speech, Anti-War Speech (1918)
They are the political wings of the capitalist system and such differences as arise between them relate to spoils and not to principles.
The Socialist Party and the Working Class (1904)
War, bloody war, must be ended by the working class.
The Socialist Party and the Working Class (1904)
Child labor must be abolished by the working class.
The Socialist Party and the Working Class (1904)
How stupid and shortsighted the ruling class really is! Cupidity is stone blind. It has no vision.
The Canton, Ohio Speech, Anti-War Speech (1918)
Civilization has done little for labor except to modify the forms of its exploitation.
The Socialist Party and the Working Class (1904)
He who aspires to master the art of expression must first of all consecrate himself completely to some great cause.
The Secret of Efficient Expression (1911)
The rights of one are as sacred as the rights of a million.
The Issue (1908)
The Man of Galilee, the Carpenter, the workingman who became the revolutionary agitator of his day soon found himself to be an undesirable citizen in the eyes of the ruling knaves and they had him crucified.
The Canton, Ohio Speech, Anti-War Speech (1918)