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Eugene V. Debs Quotes: The guns on the walls that surround the prison accurately, though unwittingly, index the true character of the penitentiary in our day.
         

The guns on the walls that surround the prison accurately, though unwittingly, index the true character of the penitentiary in our day.


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The most heroic word in all languages is REVOLUTION.



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Capitalism needs and must have the prison to protect itself from the criminals it has created.



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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.



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No war by any nation in any age has ever been declared by the people.



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