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This spirit of mob violence was one of the most dangerous and shameful manifestations in our country, all in the name of making the world "Safe for Democracy."

— Elizabeth Gurley Flynn

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Whatever her subsequent political shortcomings may have been, progressive women were very proud of her at that time.

Force and violence come from the ruling class and not from the people.

Speech in Court, charged under the Smith Act (1952)

A labor victory must be twofold, but if it can only be one it is better to gain in spirit than to gain economic advantage.

The Truth About the Paterson Strike (1914)

The Industrial Workers of the World is a new form of labor organization, one that stands for the industrial working class and that class alone.

The Working Class (1909)

The train on which I write rushes by factories where murder instruments are made for gold.

Do You Believe in Patriotism? (1916)

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The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class shall represent and repress them in parliament!

Vladimir Lenin The State and Revolution (1917)

The law itself is the instrument of the ruling class; hence it is a logical impossibility for another class to assume power legally.

Oliver Cox Caste, Class, and Race: A Study in Social Dynamics (1948)

The whole dream of democracy is to raise the proletarian to the level of bourgeois stupidity.

Gustave Flaubert

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