How we cite our quotes: (Sentence)
Quote #1
I could have been in Congress long ago. I have preferred to go to prison. (9).
Debs is either being a braggart here or he is making a Socialist point. Whatever, this definitely relates to the opening section, where he also talks about prison.
Quote #2
I am thinking of the women who for a paltry wage are compelled to work out their barren lives; of the little children who in this system are robbed of their childhood and seized in the remorseless grasp of Mammon. (11)
American industries in this time period were particularly exploitative of female and child labor and could do this because of the unending supply of immigrant laborers who were compelled to work for very low wages.