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

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.

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

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

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

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

I am not blind to the shortcomings of our own people.