Too long have the workers of the world waited for some Moses to lead them out of bondage... I would not lead you out if I could; for if you could be led out, you could be led back again. I would have you make up your minds there is nothing that you cannot do for yourselves.

I would no more teach children military training than teach them arson, robbery, or assassination.

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

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

Labor is today the most vital and potential power this planet has ever known, and its historic mission of emancipating the workers of the world from the thraldom of the ages is as certain of ultimate realization as is the setting of the sun.

The rights of one are as sacred as the rights of a million.

Chicago is the product of modern capitalism, and, like other great commercial centers, is unfit for human habitation.