The economic owning class is always the political ruling class.

You have got to unite in the same labor union and in the same political party and strike and vote together, and the hour you do that, the world is yours.

A prison is a cross section of society in which every human strain is clearly revealed.

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

I do not want you to follow me or anyone else; if you are looking for a Moses to lead you out of this capitalist wilderness, you will stay right where you are. I would not lead you into the promised land if I could, because if I led you in, some one else would lead you out.

What can Labor do for itself? The answer is not difficult. Labor can organize, it can unify; it can consolidate its forces. This done, it can demand and command.

When I rise it will be with the ranks, and not from the ranks.