Mother Jones

I'm not a humanitarian, I'm a hell-raiser. ↗

— Mother Jones

#humanitarian #i

Pray for the dead and fight like hell for the living. ↗

— Mother Jones

#fight #hell #like #living #pray

If they want to hang me, let them. And on the scaffold I will shout Freedom for the working class! ↗

— Mother Jones

#freedom #hang #i #me #scaffold

I am not afraid of the pen, or the scaffold, or the sword. I will tell the truth wherever I please. ↗

— Mother Jones

#am #i #i am #pen #please

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. ↗

— Mother Jones

#alone #believe #committed #either #ever

The miners lost because they had only the constitution. The other side had bayonets. In the end, bayonets always win. ↗

— Mother Jones

#bayonets #because #constitution #end #had

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! ↗

— Mother Jones

#country #had #hell #i #need

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. ↗

— Mother Jones

#career #cross #early #i #labor

I preferred sewing to bossing little children. ↗

— Mother Jones

#i #little #little children #preferred #sewing

Injustice boils in men's hearts as does steel in its cauldron, ready to pour forth, white hot, in the fullness of time. ↗

— Mother Jones

#cauldron #does #forth #fullness #hearts