Mother Jones

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

My address is like my shoes. It travels with me. I abide where there is a fight against wrong.

I have never had a vote, and I have raised hell all over this country. You don't need a vote to raise hell! You need convictions and a voice!

My first career ambitions involved turning into a boy; I intended to be either a railway guard or a knight errant.

Why do men fight who were born to be brothers?

If I ever did cross over I would like to do it tactfully. I don't want to offend anyone in country. Can you have the best of both worlds? I sure like the idea of it!