Bill Haywood Quotes

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The bandage will remain on the eyes of Justice as long as the Capitalist has the cut, shuffle, and deal.

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If one man has a dollar he didn't work for, some other man worked for a dollar he didn't get.

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Eight hours of work, eight hours of play, eight hours of sleep - eight hours a day! (From the Haymarket era eight hour campaign)

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Tonight I am going to speak on the class struggle and I am going to make it so plain that even a lawyer can understand it.

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The mine owners "did not find the gold, they did not mine the gold, they did not mill the gold, but by some weird alchemy all the gold belonged to them!"

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I've never read Marx's Capital, but I've got the marks of capital all over my body.

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The capitalist has no heart, but harpoon him in the pocketbook and you will draw blood.

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Bill Haywood

Bill Haywood

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Born: February 4, 1869

Died: May 18, 1928 (aged 59)

Bio: William Dudley Haywood, better known as "Big Bill" Haywood, was a founding member and leader of the Industrial Workers of the World and a member of the executive committee of the Socialist Party of America.

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