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I may not be able to say all I think; but I am not going to say…

Quote byEugene V. Debs · 1855–1926

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Canton, Ohio Speech, Anti-War Speech (1918).

English (original)

I may not be able to say all I think; but I am not going to say anything that I do not think. I would rather a thousand times be a free soul in jail than to be a sycophant and coward in the streets.

— Eugene V. Debs

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