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

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

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.

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

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.

All reactionaries are paper tigers.

I am not a man speaking but a people protesting.

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

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

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