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August Spies
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“Can any one feel any respect for a government that accords rights only to the privileged classes, and none to the workers?”
August Spies (1855–1887) first seen 1886 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Statement to the Court (1886)
“Anarchism does not mean bloodshed; it does not mean robbery, arson, etc. These monstrosities are, on the contrary, the characteristic features of capitalism. Anarchism, or Socialism, means the re-organization of society upon scientific principles and the abolition of causes which produce vice and crime.”
August Spies (1855–1887) first seen 1887 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Spies (1887 cited in: Lucy Eldine Parsons, August Vincent Theodore Spies (1969) Famous Speeches of the Eight Chicago Anarchists. p. 20
“We did not want bloodshed, for we are not bandits. We would not be socialists, if we were bandits. /.../ When the preacher of the truth meets the death penalty, well - proud and defiant, I will pay the price.”
August Spies (1855–1887) said by 1887 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The day will come when our silence will be more powerful than the voices you strangle today.”
August Spies (1855–1887) first seen 1877 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Cited in: Kenneth G. Alfers (1993) America's second century: readings in United States history since 1877. p. 43