Debs, Eugene Victor

Born: 1855 AD
Died: 1926 AD, at 71 years of age.

Nationality: Unknown
Categories: None

US labor leader and socialist politician

helped found American Railway Union (ARU) 1893

led Pullman strike 1894

with Victor Berger, co-founded Social Democratic Party of America 1897

Socialist presidential candidate 1900, 1904, 1908, 1912, 1920

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"The rights of one are as sacred as the rights of a million."
"I have no country to fight for; my country is the earth, and I am a citizen of the world."
"When great changes occur in history, when great principles are involved, as a rule the majority are wrong. The minority are right."
"If it had not been for the discontent of a few fellows who had not been satisfied with their conditions, you would still be living in caves. Intelligent discontent is the mainspring of civilization. Progress is born of agitation. It is agitation or stagnation."

	Eugene V. Debs: A Biography by Ray Ginger (Paperback - May 21, 1962)
	Dear Comrade --: A beggar in the role of a revolutionist ... are there a thousand men and women in New York who have ten dollars worth of interest in the Call? by Eugene Victor Debs (Unknown Binding - Aug 21, 2008)
	Canton Speech, with Statements to the Jury and the Court (Journeyman chapbook) by Eugene Victor Debs (Paperback - Jun 1, 1987)
	Canton Speech, with Statements to the Jury and the Court by Eugene Victor Debs (Paperback - Jan 5, 1977)
	Eugene V. Deb's Canton speech. by Eugene Victor Debs (Paperback - Aug 21, 2008)
	War shadows;: A documental story of the struggle for amnesty, by Lucy Robins (Unknown Binding - Aug 21, 2008)