While there is a lower class I am in it; While there is a criminal class I am of it; While there is a soul in prison I am not free. — Eugene V Debs - Eugene V. Debs

He must have had this Wall Street gentry in mind, or at least their prototypes, for in every age it has been the tyrant, the oppressor and the exploiter who has wrapped himself in the cloak of patriotism, or religion, or both to deceive and overawe the people.

The class which has the power to rob upon a large scale has also the power to control the government and legalize their robbery.

Wherever capitalism appears, in pursuit of its mission of exploitation, there will Socialism, fertilized by misery, watered by tears, and vitalized by agitation be also found, unfurling its class-struggle banner and proclaiming its mission of emancipation.