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| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
| NUMBER: | 15942 |
| QUOTATION: | While there is a lower class, I am in it; while there is a criminal element, I am of it; and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Eugene V. Debs (1855–1926), U.S. trade unionist. Speech, June 16, 1913, from the dock at Canton, Ohio. Debs was defending himself against charges of violating the 1917 Espionage Act. |
| The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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