Those who produce should have, but we know that those who produce the most - that is, those who work hardest, and at the most difficult and most menial tasks, have the least.

Wherever capitalism appears, in pursuit of its mission of exploitation, there will Socialism, fertilized by misery, watered by tears, and vitalized by agitation be also found, unfurling its class-struggle banner and proclaiming its mission of emancipation.

The class which has the power to rob upon a large scale has also the power to control the government and legalize their robbery.

Your Honor, years ago I recognized my kinship with all living beings, and I made up my mind that I was not one bit better than the meanest on earth. I said then, and I say now, that while there is a lower class, I am in it, and while there is a criminal element I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free.

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

If I were hungry and friendless today, I would rather take my chances with a saloon-keeper than with the average preacher.

The economic owning class is always the political ruling class.