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Eugene V. Debs Quotes: I would rather a thousand times be a free soul in jail than to be a sycophant and coward in the streets.
         

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


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



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



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