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Quotes from Outlook for Socialism in the United States — Eugene V. Debs

1855–1926 United States

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Workingmen of the country ... toil for a pittance at the pleasure of their masters and are bludgeoned, jailed or shot when they protest — this is the central, controlling, vital issue of the hour, and neither of the old party platforms has a word or even a hint about it.

Outlook for Socialism in the United States (1900)

Socialism is very properly recognized by the capitalist class as the one cloud upon the horizon which portends an end to the system in which they have waxed fat, insolent and despotic through the exploitation of their countless wage-working slaves.

Outlook for Socialism in the United States (1900)

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