I am not unaware that leaders betray, and sell out, and play false. Mother Jones More Quotes by Mother Jones More Quotes From Mother Jones ...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. Mother Jones japanagedark I am not afraid of the pen, or the scaffold, or the sword. I will tell the truth wherever I please. Mother Jones not-afraidpleasetelling-the-truth My teachers treated me as a diamond in the rough, someone who needed smoothing. Mother Jones diamond-in-the-roughteachingteacher You know I took an oath to tell the truth when I took the witness stand Mother Jones oathwitnesstelling-the-truth I nursed men back to sanity who were driven to despair. I solicited clothes for the ragged children, for the desperate mothers. I laid out the dead, the martyrs of the strike. Mother Jones mothermenchildren I want to hold a series of meetings all over the country and get the facts before the American people Mother Jones wantcountrypeople I am Mother Jones. The Government can't take my life and you can't take my arm, but you can take my suitcase. Mother Jones governmentmotherhands Not all the coal that is dug warms the world. Mother Jones coalworld And who is responsible for this appalling child slavery? Everyone. Mother Jones slaveryresponsiblechildren What is a good enough principle for an American citizen ought to be good enough for the working man to follow. Mother Jones citizensprinciplesmen I am not blind to the shortcomings of our own people. Mother Jones blindnessblindpeople Life comes to the miners out of their deaths, and death out of their lives Mother Jones miners I have always advised men to read Mother Jones men Out of labor's struggle in Arizona came better conditions for the workers, who must everywhere, at all times, under advantage and disadvantage work out their own salvation Mother Jones arizonawork-outstruggle That is, the wife must care for what the husband cares for if he is to remain resolute. Mother Jones wifecarehusband I preferred sewing to bossing little children. Mother Jones sewinglittleschildren I believe that movements to suppress wrongs can be carried out under the protection of our flag. Mother Jones flagsmovementbelieve Men's hearts are cold. They are indifferent. Mother Jones coldheartmen
