Every political good carried to the extreme must be productive of evil.

The forces of a capitalist society, if left unchecked, tend to make the rich richer and the poor poorer.

Democracy and socialism are means to an end, not the end itself.

Socialism is an attractive goal, but concentration of power is as dangerous as concentration of capital.

I am not a man speaking but a people protesting.

All reactionaries are paper tigers.

American suffragist, speech Is Woman Suffrage Progressing? at Stockholm, Sweden Radicalism is a label that is always applied to people who are endeavoring to get freedom.

A rich man told me recently that a liberal is a man who tells other people what to do with their money.

A political movement must keep in touch with reality and the prevailing conditions. Long speeches, the shaking of fists, the banging of tables, and strongly worded resolutions out of touch with the objective conditions do not bring about mass action and can do a great deal of harm to the organization and the struggle we serve.

When a just cause reaches its floodtide ... whatever stands in the way must fall before its overwhelming power.

My interest is not in the capture of power, but in the control of power by the people.