Eugene Victor Debs (November 5, 1855 - October 20, 1926) on Workers and Capitalists(published by RevoltSource) |
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American Socialist, Political Activist, Trade Unionist, Founding Member of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), Five Times the Presidental Candidate of the Socialist Party
: ....an American socialist, political activist, trade unionist, one of the founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), and five times the candidate of the Socialist Party of America for President of the United States. Through his presidential candidacies as well as his work with labor movements, Debs eventually became one of the best-known socialists living in the United States. (From: Wikipedia.org.)
Quote #7 on Economic Struggle Quotes >> Workers and Capitalists
“Most of your hands are calloused and you are taught by the capitalist politician, who is the political mercenary of the capitalist who fleeces you, you are taught by him to be proud of your horny hands. If that is true he ought to be ashamed of his. He doesn't have any horns on his hands. He has them on his brain. He is as busy with his brain as you are with your hands, and because he is busy with his brain and you neglect yours, he gets a goodly share of what you produce with your hands. He is the gentleman who calls you the horny handed sons of toil. That fetches you every time. I tell you that the time has come for you to use your brains in your own interest, and until you do that you will have to use your hands in the interest of your masters.”
Source: "Revolutionary Unionism," by Eugene V. Debs, Speech at Chicago, November 25, 1905.
"Revolutionary Unionism," by Eugene V. Debs, Speech at Chicago, November 25, 1905.
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