Eugene V. Debs: Antiwar Speech

( 1918 ) Commentary by Jonathan Rees, Colorado State University - Pueblo

“I would be ashamed to admit that I had risen from the ranks. When I rise it will be with the ranks, and not from the ranks.” - Antiwar Speech
“I would rather a thousand times be a free soul in jail than to be a sycophant and coward in the streets.” - Antiwar Speech
“The master class has always declared the wars; the subject class has always fought the battles. The master class has had all to gain and nothing to lose, while the subject class has had nothing to gain and all to lose—especially their lives.” - Antiwar Speech
“It is only necessary to label a man ‘I. W. W.’ to have him lynched.… War makes possible all such crimes and outrages.” - Antiwar Speech

Eugene V. Debs (Library of Congress)

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