49 Quotes by Mary Harris Jones

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

You must stand for free speech in the streets.

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

I will tell the truth wherever I please.

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

I preferred sewing to bossing little children.

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

I learned in the early part of my career that labor must bear the cross for others' sins, must be the vicarious sufferer for the wrongs that others do.

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