WIST Quotations https://wist.info Wish I'd Said That! Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:28:03 +0000 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://wist.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/little-w-little-box-60x60.jpg prisoners – WIST Quotations https://wist.info 32 32 43606282 Debs, Eugene V. -- Statement to the Court (1918-09-18) https://wist.info/debs-eugene-v/38681/ https://wist.info/debs-eugene-v/38681/#respond Fri, 25 May 2018 22:32:01 +0000 Dave http://wist.info/?p=38681 Your Honor, years ago I recognized my kinship with all living beings, and I made up my mind then that I was not one bit better than the meanest on earth. I said then, and I say now, that while there is a lower class, I am in it; and while there is a criminal element, I am of it; and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free.


Eugene V. Debs (1855-1926) American union leader, activist, socialist, politician
Statement to the Court (1918-09-18)
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On being convicted of sedition for urging resistance to the draft. Often paraphrased:

As long as there is a lower class, I am in it. As long as there is a criminal element, I am of it. As long as there is a soul in prison, I am not free.
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