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August Spies Quotes (1855-1887)
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About August Spies
August Vincent Theodore Spies (December 10, 1855βNovember 11, 1887) was an American upholsterer, radical labor activist, and newspaper editor. Spies is remembered as one of the anarchists in Chicago who were found guilty of conspiracy to commit murder following a bomb attack on police in an event remembered as the Haymarket affair. Spies was one of four who were executed in the aftermath of this event.
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βCan any one feel any respect for a government that accords rights only to the privileged classes, and none to the workers?β
βWe 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.β
βI say, if death is the penalty for proclaiming truth, then I will proudly and defiantly pay the costly price! Truth crucified in Socrates, in Christ, in Giordano Bruno, in Huss, Galileo still lives -- they and others whose number is legion have preceded us on this path. We are ready to follow!β
βAnarchism 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.β
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August Spies on Government
βCan any one feel any respect for a government that accords rights only to the privileged classes, and none to the workers?β
August Spies on Haymarket affair
βCan any one feel any respect for a government that accords rights only to the privileged classes, and none to the workers?β
About August Spies
August Vincent Theodore Spies (December 10, 1855βNovember 11, 1887) was an American upholsterer, radical labor activist, and newspaper editor. Spies is remembered as one of the anarchists in Chicago who were found guilty of conspiracy to commit murder following a bomb attack on police in an event remembered as the Haymarket affair. Spies was one of four who were executed in the aftermath of this event.