I'd rather vote for something I want and not get it than vote for something I don't want, and get it.

I may not be able to say all I think; but I am not going to say anything I do not think.

They tell us that we live in a great free republic; that our institutions are democratic; that we are a free and self-governing people. That is too much, even for a joke. ... Wars throughout history have been waged for conquest and plunder... And that is war in a nutshell. The master class has always declared the wars; the subject class has always fought the battles.

When great changes occur in history, when great principles are involved, as a rule the majority are wrong.

The economic owning class is always the political ruling class.

The prison, above all others, should be the most human of institutions.

Ten thousand times has the labor movement stumbled and bruised itself. We have been enjoined by the courts, assaulted by thugs, charged by the militia, traduced by the press, frowned upon in public opinion, and deceived by politicians. 'But notwithstanding all this and all these, labor is today the most vital and potential power this planet has ever known, and its historic mission is as certain of ultimate realization as is the setting of the sun.