“From the beginning of the war [World War One] to this day I have never by word or act been guilty of the charges embraced in this indictment. If I have criticized, if I have condemned, it is because I believed it my duty, and that it was my right to do so under the laws of the land. This country has been engaged in a number of wars and every one of them has been condemned by some of the people, among them some of the most eminent men of their time.” A. John A. Fitch on the Great Steel Strike
B. Mao Zedong, “Critique of the Versailles Peace Conference”
C. Bartolomeo Vanzetti’s Last Statement in Court
D. Eugene V. Debs, Speech to the Jury