| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 15941 |
| QUOTATION: | When great changes occur in history, when great principles are involved, as a rule the majority are wrong. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Eugene V. Debs (18551926), 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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