“Wherever capitalism appears, in pursuit of its mission of exploitation, there will Socialism, fertilized by misery, watered by tears, and vitalized by agitation be also found, unfurling its class-struggle banner and proclaiming its mission of emancipation.”

—  Eugene V. Debs

"The American Movement" http://www.marxists.org/archive/debs/works/1898/america.htm (written 1898, first published 1908)

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