Jacqueline Bisset Quotes


Reformation, like education, is a journey, not a destination. Mary Harris Jones Education 179
I asked a man in prison once how he happened to be there and he said he had stolen a pair of shoes. I told him if he had stolen a railroad he would be a United States Senator. Mary Harris Jones Asked 85
Life comes to the miners out of their deaths, and death out of their lives. Mary Harris Jones Death 83
In Georgia where children work day and night in the cotton mills they have just passed a bill to protect song birds. What about the little children from whom all song is gone? Mary Harris Jones Bill 83
I will tell the truth wherever I please. Mary Harris Jones Please 82
Little girls and boys, barefooted, walked up and down between the endless rows of spindles, reaching thin little hands into the machinery to repair snapped threads. Mary Harris Jones Between 81
I nursed men back to sanity who were driven to despair. I solicited clothes for the ragged children, for the desperate mothers. I laid out the dead, the martyrs of the strike. Mary Harris Jones Children 80
I went West and took part in the strike of the machinists - the Southern Pacific Railroad, the corporation that swung California by its golden tail, that controlled its legislature, its farmers, its preachers, its workers. Mary Harris Jones California 79
What is a good enough principle for an American citizen ought to be good enough for the working man to follow. Mary Harris Jones American 76
Not all the coal that is dug warms the world. Mary Harris Jones Coal 75
I am not an anti to anything which will bring freedom to my class. Mary Harris Jones Anti 73
I was born in revolution. Mary Harris Jones Born 67
Today the white child is sold for two dollars a week to the manufacturers. Mary Harris Jones Child 63
I believe that movements to suppress wrongs can be carried out under the protection of our flag. Mary Harris Jones Believe 61
I am not unaware that leaders betray, and sell out, and play false. Mary Harris Jones Betray 59
You must stand for free speech in the streets. Mary Harris Jones Free 57
You know I took an oath to tell the truth when I took the witness stand. Mary Harris Jones Oath 56
God almighty made women and the Rockefeller gang of thieves made the ladies. Mary Harris Jones Women 53
The strike of the miners in Arizona was one of the most remarkable strikes in the history of the American labor movement. Its peaceful character, its successful outcome, were due to that most remarkable character, Governor Hunt. Mary Harris Jones History 49
I am not blind to the shortcomings of our own people. Mary Harris Jones Blind 47
Sit down and read. Educate yourself for the coming conflicts. Mary Harris Jones Coming 47
What one state could not get alone, what one miner against a powerful corporation could not achieve, can be achieved by the union. Mary Harris Jones Achieve 41
Sometimes it seemed to me I could not look at those silent little figures; that I must go north, to the grim coal fields, to the Rocky Mountain camps, where the labor fight is at least fought by grown men. Mary Harris Jones Camps 37
I want to hold a series of meetings all over the country and get the facts before the American people. Mary Harris Jones American 34
I abide where there is a fight against wrong. Mary Harris Jones Abide 30
And who is responsible for this appalling child slavery? Everyone. Mary Harris Jones Appalling 27
I would fight God Almighty Himself if He didn't play square with me. Mary Harris Jones Uncategorized 27
I have always advised men to read. Mary Harris Jones Advised 26

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