I am opposing a social order in which it is possible for one man who does absolutely nothing that is useful to amass a fortune of hundreds of millions of dollars, while millions of men and women who work all the days of their lives secure barely enough for a wretched existence.

It is when you have done your work honestly, when you have contributed your share to the common fund that you begin to live.

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

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.

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

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

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