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QUOTATION:When great changes occur in history, when great principles are involved, as a rule the majority are wrong.
ATTRIBUTION:Eugene V. Debs (1855–1926), U.S. trade unionist, co-founder of the U.S. Socialist Party. speech, Sept. 12, 1918, Cleveland, Ohio.

defending himself against charges of sedition. Found guilty, Debs was subsequently jailed for three years.
 
 
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