3 Eugene V. Debs Quotes on Parties

Eugene V. Debs quotes on parties

20. The capitalist class is represented by the Republican, Democratic, Populist and Prohibition parties, all of which stand for private ownership of the means of production, and the triumph of any one of which will mean continued wage-slavery to the working class.

21. The Republican and Democratic parties, or, to be more exact, the Republican-Democratic party, represent the capitalist class in the class struggle. They are the political wings of the capitalist system and such differences as arise between them relate to spoils and not to principles.

27. The Republican and Democratic parties are alike capitalist parties - differing only in being committed to different sets of capitalist interests - they have the same principles under varying colors, are equally corrupt and are one in their subservience to capital and their hostility to labor.