Mother Jones Quotes

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

That is, the wife must care for what the husband cares for if he is to remain resolute.

...Poetic injustice...having made over Japan in our own image. The Japanese, ...are now, next to us, the greatest consumers of meat in the world.

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

I live in the United States, but I do not know exactly where. My address is wherever there is a fight against oppression.

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

The employment of children is doing more to fill prisons, insane asylums, almshouses, reformatories, slums, and gin shops than all the efforts of reformers are doing to improve society.

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

And who is responsible for this appalling child slavery? Everyone.

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!