He favored [[labor union|labor unions]], but within limits: "It would be the greatest calamity of history if [[Eugene V. Debs]] ever became [[president of the United States]].... hell would hold a jubilee and [[heaven]] would hang a crepe on her door.... I have championed the cause of the union man all my life, but I'm dead against the radical in whatever form he may appear."<ref>Karsner, David (1922), ''Talks with Debs in Terre Haute,'' New York Call; [http://books.google.com/books?id=m0-D2Q74BxwC&pg=PA57&ie=ISO-8859-1#PPA56,M1 p. 57]</ref> | He favored [[labor union|labor unions]], but within limits: "It would be the greatest calamity of history if [[Eugene V. Debs]] ever became [[president of the United States]].... hell would hold a jubilee and [[heaven]] would hang a crepe on her door.... I have championed the cause of the union man all my life, but I'm dead against the radical in whatever form he may appear."<ref>Karsner, David (1922), ''Talks with Debs in Terre Haute,'' New York Call; [http://books.google.com/books?id=m0-D2Q74BxwC&pg=PA57&ie=ISO-8859-1#PPA56,M1 p. 57]</ref> |