I have no country to fight for; my country is the earth, and I am a citizen of the world.

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

A man should take to himself no discomfort from an opinion expressed or implied by his adversary, but it is difficult, and oftentimes humiliating to attempt to justify the kindness of one's friends.

I would rather a thousand times be a free soul in jail than to be a sycophant and coward in the streets.

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

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.

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.