Mary Harris Jones Quotes

Mary Harris Jones (American - Activist)

 

August 1, 1837 - November 30, 1930

 

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

 

 

 

My teachers treated me as a diamond in the rough, someone who needed smoothing.

 

 

 

I will tell the truth wherever I please.

 

 

 

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'm not afraid of the press or the Militia.

 

 

 

Reformation, like education, is a journey, not a destination.

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

Sit down and read. Educate yourself for the coming conflicts.

 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

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