The cry of this army
is, "No quarter! We want all that you possess. We will be content
with nothing less than all that you possess. We want in our hands
the reins of power and the destiny of mankind. Here are our hands.
They are strong hands. We are going to take your governments, your
palaces, and all your purpled ease away from you, and in that day you
shall work for your bread even as the peasant in the field or the
starved and runty clerk in your metropolises. Here are our hands.
They are strong hands."
Well may rulers and ruling classes pause and consider. This is
revolution. And, further, these 7,000,000 men are not an army on
paper. Their fighting strength in the field is 7,000,000. To-day
they cast 7,000,000 votes in the civilized countries of the world.
Yesterday they were not so strong. Tomorrow they will be still
stronger. And they are fighters. They love peace. They are
unafraid of war. They intend nothing less than to destroy existing
capitalist society and to take possession of the whole world.
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