I'm not afraid of the press or the Militia.

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

You ought to be out raising hell. This is the fighting age. Put on your fighting clothes.

Freedom for the working class!

I preferred sewing to bossing little children.

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