Mary Harris Jones Quotes

Mary Harris Jones — American Activist born on August 01, 1837, died on November 30, 1930

Mary Harris "Mother" Jones was an Irish-American schoolteacher and dressmaker who became a prominent labor and community organizer. She then helped coordinate major strikes and cofounded the Industrial Workers of the World... (wikipedia)

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.

My address is like my shoes. It travels with me.

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

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

What one state could not get alone, what one miner against a powerful corporation could not achieve, can be achieved by the union.