Mother Jones was a famous Activist from USA, who lived between August 1, 1837 and November 30, 1930. He/she became 93 years old.
Zodiac:
He/she is born under the zodiac leo, who is known for Ruling, Warmth, Generosity, Faithful, Initiative.
Our collection contains 15 quotes who is written / told by Mother.
15 Famous quotes by Mother Jones
"My address is like my shoes. It travels with me. I abide where there is a fight against wrong"
"I'm not a humanitarian, I'm a hell-raiser"
"My teachers treated me as a diamond in the rough, someone who needed smoothing"
"I am not afraid of the pen, or the scaffold, or the sword. I will tell the truth wherever I please"
"The miners lost because they had only the constitution. The other side had bayonets. In the end, bayonets always win"
"If they want to hang me, let them. And on the scaffold I will shout Freedom for the working class!"
"Whatever your fight, don't be ladylike"
"That is, the wife must care for what the husband cares for if he is to remain resolute"
"I learned in the early part of my career that labor must bear the cross for others' sins, must be the vicarious sufferer for the wrongs that others do"
"Some day the workers will take possession of your city hall, and when we do, no child will be sacrificed on the altar of profit!"
"Pray for the dead and fight like hell for the living"
"Injustice boils in men's hearts as does steel in its cauldron, ready to pour forth, white hot, in the fullness of time"
"I have never had a vote, and I have raised hell all over this country. You don't need a vote to raise hell! You need convictions and a voice!"
"I believe that no man who holds a leader's position should ever accept favors from either side. He is then committed to show favors. A leader must stand alone"
