tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26340222.post8950721766603915777..comments2023-09-28T04:08:46.005-04:00Comments on The Hankster: campaignNancy Hankshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17428253702914703243noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26340222.post-54436414149742031432010-09-10T09:32:38.616-04:002010-09-10T09:32:38.616-04:00Just to set the record straight. Harry Kresky didn...Just to set the record straight. Harry Kresky didn't say any of the above. I found the entire passage on the internet and wanted to share it with Hankster readers.Harry Kreskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00811599231035228516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26340222.post-49221956460779030882010-09-06T18:56:56.436-04:002010-09-06T18:56:56.436-04:00“Progress is born of agitation,” declared Debs, an...“Progress is born of agitation,” declared Debs, and his call to activism is as meaningful<br />today as it was a century ago. For Debs, activism for social justice was a moral<br />imperative. When the judge sentenced him to prison for opposing World War I, he<br />declared:<br />“Your Honor, years ago I recognized my kinship with all living beings, and I made up my<br />mind that I was not one bit better than the meanest on earth. I said then, and I say now,<br />that while there is a lower class, I am in it; and while there is a criminal element I am of<br />it; and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free.”Harry Kreskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00811599231035228516noreply@blogger.com