I was born in revolution.

I am Mother Jones. The Government can't take my life and you can't take my arm, but you can take my suitcase.

I believe that movements to suppress wrongs can be carried out under the protection of our flag.

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

You know I took an oath to tell the truth when I took the witness stand

Your ancestors fought for you to have a share in that institution over there. It's yours. See the school board, and every Friday night hold your meetings there. Have your wives clean it up Saturday morning for the children to enter Monday. Your organization is not a praying institution. It's a fighting institution. It's an educational institution along industrial lines. Pray for the dead and fight like hell for the living!

The militant not the meek shall inherit the earth!