August Spies Quotes

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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

The day will come when our silence will be more powerful than the voices you strangle today.

August Spies

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

But, if you think that by hanging us, you can stamp out the labor movement - the movement from which the downtrodden millions, the millions who toil and live in want and misery - the wage slaves - expect salvation - if this is your opinion, then hang us! Here you will tread upon a spark, but there, and there, and behind you and in front of you, and everywhere, flames will blaze up. It is a subterranean fire. You cannot put it out.

August Spies