1. Top Famous Quotes
    2. /
  2. Eugene V Debs Quotes

Top Eugene V Debs Quotes

Browse top 16 most favorite famous quotes and sayings by Eugene V Debs.

Favorite Eugene V Debs Quotes

1. "I have no country to fight for; my country is the earth, and I am a citizen of the world." ~ Eugene V. Debs
2. "While there is a lower class, I am in it, while there is a criminal element, I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free." ~ Eugene V. Debs
3. "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
4. "Intelligent discontent is the mainspring of civilization." ~ Eugene V. Debs
5. "I would rather a thousand times be a free soul in jail than to be a sycophant and coward in the streets." ~ Eugene V. Debs
6. "The people can have anything they want, the only problem is they do not want anything." ~ Eugene V. Debs
7. "Too long have the workers of the world waited for some Moses to lead them out of bondage. He has not come; he never will come. I would not lead you out if I could; for if you could be led out, you could be led back again." ~ Eugene V. Debs
8. ". . . the press and the pulpit have in every age and every nation been on the side of the exploiting class and the ruling class." ~ Eugene V. Debs
9. "Those who produce should have, but we know that those who produce the most - that is, those who work hardest, and at the most difficult and most menial tasks, have the least." ~ Eugene V. Debs
10. "When great changes occur in history, when great principles are involved, as a rule the majority are wrong." ~ Eugene V. Debs
11. "The most heroic word in all languages is revolution." ~ Eugene V. Debs
12. "I am opposing a social order in which it is possible for one man who does absolutely nothing that is useful to amass a fortune of hundreds of millions of dollars, while millions of men and women who work all the days of their lives secure barely enough for a wretched existence." ~ Eugene V. Debs
13. "In every age it has been the tyrant, the oppressor and the exploiter who has wrapped himself in the cloak of patriotism, or religion, or both to deceive and overawe the People."(Canton, OH, Anti-War Speech, June 16, 1918)" ~ Eugene V. Debs
14. "If I were hungry and friendless today, I would rather take my chances with a saloon-keeper than with the average preacher." ~ Eugene V. Debs
15. "I left that church with rich and royal hatred of the priest as a person, and a loathing for the church as an institution, and I vowed that I would never go inside a church again.[Eugene V. Debs, describing his teenage reaction to a hellfire lecture by a priest]" ~ Eugene V. Debs
16. "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

Eugene V. Debs Quotes Pictures

Eugene V. Debs Quotes
Eugene V. Debs Quotes
Eugene V. Debs Quotes

Today's Quote

A school out of Canberra sends me a term's worth of work. I sit on the couch by myself and complete it and send it back."
Author: Callan McAuliffe

What Did Eugene V. Debs Talk About?

Thin

Famous Authors

Popular Topics

Copyright © 2022 Top Famous Quotes. All Rights Reserved. | About Us | Topic List | Author List | Privacy Policy | Contact Us |