Daniel De Leon

“The class="highlight">working class and the employing class have nothing in common.”

“The political class="highlight">State, ever the organ of the master class, is an executive committee of the master class.”

“The industrial union is the embryo of the Socialist Republic.”

“The day of the individual is past. The day of organization is here.”

“No organization of labor can accomplish anything for the working class unless it is a fighting organization.”

“The 'pure and simple' union has no place in this century of concentrated capital.”

“The reformer is a savior of society; the revolutionist is a social architect.”

“The ballot is a weapon of civilization; the bullet is the weapon of barbarism.”

“The trade union must be the recruiting ground for the political party of labor.”

“The vote is a toy, a rattle, fit for babies, unless it is backed by the might of the industrial organization.”

“Where the union shop is organized, the revolutionary seed is planted.”

“The capitalist class rules by force and fraud.”

“Socialism is that social system under which the necessaries of production are owned, controlled and administered by the people, for the people.”

“The strength of the revolutionary movement lies in its clearness of goal.”