Mother Jones
Mother Jones
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActivist
Date of Birth1 August 1837
CountryUnited States of America
jumping rocks hands
But in Shimabukuro's hands, as he breaks out experimental jazz, lays down a steady blues train, or shreds on rock anthems, this little jumping flea becomes a melodic monster.
telling-the-truth not-afraid please
I am not afraid of the pen, or the scaffold, or the sword. I will tell the truth wherever I please.
children littles sewing
I preferred sewing to bossing little children.
women fighting shoes
My address is like my shoes. It travels with me. I abide where there is a fight against wrong.
california southern railroads
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.
husband wife care
That is, the wife must care for what the husband cares for if he is to remain resolute.
powerful unions corporations
What one state could not get alone, what one miner against a powerful corporation could not achieve, can be achieved by the union.
country voice needs
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!
fighting shoes addresses
I live in the United States, but I do not know exactly where. My address is wherever there is a fight against oppression. My address is like my shoes; it travels with me. I abide where there is a fight against wrong.
earth meek militant
The militant not the meek shall inherit the earth!
boys years jail
a TEN-YEAR-OLD lad in Indianapolis who was arrested for picking up coal along the side of railroad tracks is now in jail. If the boy had known enough to steal the whole railroad he would be heralded as a Napoleon of finance.
labor-force together want
My friends, it is solidarity of labor we want. We do not want to find fault with each other, but to solidify our forces and say to each other: We must be together; our masters are joined together and we must do the same thing.
fighting squares play
I would fight God Almighty Himself if He didn't play square with me
girl boys hands
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