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. Mary Harris Jones Read Quote
Sometimes it seemed to me I could not look at those silent little figures; that I must go north, to the grim coal fields, to the Rocky Mountain camps, where the labor fight is at least fought by grown men. Mary Harris Jones Read Quote
I believe that movements to suppress wrongs can be carried out under the protection of our flag. Mary Harris Jones Read Quote
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. Mary Harris Jones Read Quote
Injustice boils in men’s hearts as does steel in its cauldron, ready to pour forth, white hot, in the fullness of time. Mary Harris Jones Read Quote
That is, the wife must care for what the husband cares for if he is to remain resolute. Mary Harris Jones Read Quote
