As Heywood Broun noted in his eulogy for Debs, quoting a fellow Socialist: "That old man with the burning eyes actually believes that there can be such a thing as the brotherhood of man.
In einem Nachruf auf Debs zitierte Heywood Broun einen befreundeten Sozialisten wie folgt: “That old man with the burning eyes actually believes that there can be such a thing as the brotherhood of man.