¨Your Honor, years ago I recognized my kinship with all living beings, and I made up my mind that I was not one bit better than the meanest on earth. As long as there is a lower class, I am in it. As long as there is a criminal element, I'm of it. As long as there is a soul in prison, I am not free.¨
- Eugene Debs, the 5 time Socialist Party candidate for President (once, in 1912, winning over 6% of the popular vote) and founding member of Industrial Workers of the World, at his hearing for violating the Espionage act of 1917. He was sentenced to ten years in prison and disenfranchised for life.
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