7 Quotes by Robert Tressell

Every man who is not helping to bring about a better state of affairs for the future is helping to perpetuate the present misery, and is therefore the enemy of his own children. There is no such thing as being neutral: we must either help or hinder.

He had never expected or wished to be allowed to enjoy such things; he had always been of opinion that they were never intended for the likes of him. He called himself a Conservative and was very patriotic.

It’s not possible for anyone to become rich without cheating other people.

The Golden Light that will be diffused throughout all the happy world from the rays of the risen sun of Socialism.

I don’t believe in the Society,′ observed Crass. ‘I can’t see as it’s right that a inferior man should ’ave the same wages as me.

As for these people, they vote for what they want, they get what they vote for, and, by God! they deserve nothing better!

The theories that drunkenness, laziness or inefficiency are the causes of poverty are so many devices invented and fostered by those who are selfishly interested in maintaining the present states of affairs, for the purpose of preventing us from discovering the real causes of our present condition.