We want a system in which the worker shall get what he produces and the capitalist shall produce what he gets. Eugene V. Debs More Quotes by Eugene V. Debs More Quotes From Eugene V. Debs The protection the government owes you and fails to provide, you are morally bound to provide for yourselves. Eugene V. Debs protectionfailinggovernment Chicago is the product of modern capitalism, and, like other great commercial centers, is unfit for human habitation. Eugene V. Debs modernchicagocities I would not be a Moses to lead you into the Promised Land, because if I could lead you into it, someone else could lead you out of it. Eugene V. Debs moseslandifs The prison, above all others, should be the most human of institutions. Eugene V. Debs institutionsprisonshould It is when you have done your work honestly, when you have contributed your share to the common fund that you begin to live. Eugene V. Debs volunteerdonehelping-others The general public knows practically nothing about the prison and appears to be little concerned about how it is managed and how prisoners are treated. Eugene V. Debs prisonlittlespeople The guns on the walls that surround the prison accurately, though unwittingly, index the true character of the penitentiary in our day. Eugene V. Debs wallguncharacter The people can have anything they want, the only problem is they do not want anything. Eugene V. Debs problemwantpeople Thousands of years ago the question was asked: "Am I my brother's keeper?" That question has never yet been answered in a way that is satisfactory to civilized society. Eugene V. Debs brotherwayyears If the people would but analyze the human equation of a prison they might better account for the crimes that are visited upon them in cities, towns, and hamlets, ofttimes by men who graduated with an education and equipment for just that sort of retributive service from some penal institution. Eugene V. Debs citiesmenpeople A man should take to himself no discomfort from an opinion expressed or implied by his adversary, but it is difficult, and oftentimes humiliating to attempt to justify the kindness of one's friends. Eugene V. Debs opinionkindnessmen I do not oppose the insane asylum - but I abhor and condemn the cutthroat system that robs man of his reason, drives him to insanity and makes the lunatic asylum an indispensable adjunct to every civilized community. Eugene V. Debs communitymeninsanity In the very progress of society, the prison has in the very nature of things undergone some improvement, but there are vast stretches yet to be covered before the prison becomes, if it ever does, an institution for the reclamation and rehabilitation of erring and unfortunate men and women. Eugene V. Debs progress-of-societydoemen One glance proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that these unions (railroad craft unions) are exceedingly useful to the corporations; and to the extent that they serve the economic and political purposes of the corporations, they are the foes – and not the friends – of the working class. Eugene V. Debs politicaldoubtclass A prison is a cross section of society in which every human strain is clearly revealed. Eugene V. Debs prisonhumanscrosses When great changes occur in history, when great principles are involved, as a rule the majority are wrong. The minority are right. Eugene V. Debs It is better to vote for what you want and not get it than to vote for what you don't want and get it. Eugene V. Debs betteryouvotewant
