A Man Should Take To Himself No

The Most Heroic Word In All Languages Is Revolution.

You Need At This Time Especially To Know That You Are Fit For Something Better Than Slavery And Cannon Fodder.

If You Go To The City Of Washington, And You Examine The Pages Of The Congressional Directory, You Will Find That Almost All Of Those Corporation Lawyers And Cowardly Politicians, Members Of Congress, And Misrepresentatives Of The Masses - You Will Find That Almost All Of Them Claim, In Glowing Terms, That They Have Risen From The Ranks To Places Of Eminence And Distinction. I Am Very Glad That I Cannot Make That Claim For Myself. I Would Be Ashamed To Admit That I Had Risen From The Ranks. When I Rise It Will Be With The Ranks, And Not From The Ranks.

Speaking Of Myself, I Was Made To Realize Long Ago That The Old Trade Union Was Utterly Incompetent To Deal Successfully With The Exploiting Corporations In This Struggle. I Was Made To See That In Craft Unionism The Capitalist Class Have It Within Their Power To Keep The Workers Divided, To Use One Part Of Them To Conquer And Crush Another Part Of Them. Indeed, I Was Made To See That The Old Form Of Unionism Separates The Workers And Keeps Them Helpless At The Mercy Of Their Masters.

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.