Anybody Can Be Nobody; But It Takes

I Do Not Oppose The Insane Asylum - But I Abhor And Condemn The Cutthroat System That Robs Man Of His Reason, Drives Him To Insanity And Makes The Lunatic Asylum An Indispensable Adjunct To Every Civilized Community.

They Tell Us That We Live In A Great Free Republic; That Our Institutions Are Democratic; That We Are A Free And Self-governing People. That Is Too Much, Even For A Joke. ... Wars Throughout History Have Been Waged For Conquest And Plunder... And That Is War In A Nutshell. The Master Class Has Always Declared The Wars; The Subject Class Has Always Fought The Battles.

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. 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.

The Issue Is Socialism Versus Capitalism. I Am For Socialism Because I Am For Humanity. We Have Been Cursed With The Reign Of Gold Long Enough. Money Constitutes No Proper Basis Of Civilization. The Time Has Come To Regenerate Society - We Are On The Eve Of Universal Change.

If The People Would But Analyze The Human Equation Of A Prison They Might Better Account For The Crimes That Are Visited Upon Them In Cities, Towns, And Hamlets, Ofttimes By Men Who Graduated With An Education And Equipment For Just That Sort Of Retributive Service From Some Penal Institution.