86 Quotes by Mother Jones

I asked a man in prison once how he happened to be there and he said he had stolen a pair of shoes. I told him if he had stolen a railroad he would be a United States Senator.

Some day the workers will take possession of your city hall, and when we do, no child will be sacrificed on the altar of profit!

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

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

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

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

What is a good enough principle for an American citizen ought to be good enough for the working man to follow.

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

In Georgia where children work day and night in the cotton mills they have just passed a bill to protect song birds. What about the little children from whom all song is gone?