I do not want you to follow me or anyone else; if you are looking for a Moses to lead you out of this capitalist wilderness, you will stay right where you are. I would not lead you into the promised land if I could, because if I led you in, some one else would lead you out.
"Debs: His Life, Writings and Speeches". Book edited by Stephen Marion Reynolds and Bruce Rogers (Life of Eugene V. Debs, p. 71), 1908.
