Quotes from Federal Court statement — Eugene V. Debs
1855–1926 United States
← All quotes by Eugene V. Debs
3 quotes
Let the people everywhere take heart of hope, for the cross is bending, the midnight is passing, and joy cometh with the morning.
Federal Court statement (1918)
While there is a soul in prison, I am not free.
Federal Court statement (1918)
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.
Federal Court statement (1918)