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Men's hearts are cold. They are indifferent.

Mother Jones

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Mother Jones
Age: 100 †
Born: 1830
Born: May 1
Died: 1930
Died: November 30
Human Rights Activist
Politician
Teacher
Trade Unionist
Union Organizer
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God almighty made women and the Rockefeller gang of thieves made the ladies.
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If they want to hang me, let them. And on the scaffold I will shout Freedom for the working class!
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The militant not the meek shall inherit the earth!
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I'm not a humanitarian, I'ma hell-raiser.
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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.
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My address is like my shoes. It travels with me. I abide where there is a fight against wrong.
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Mourn the dead, fight like hell for the living
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I'm not afraid of the press or the Militia.
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I was born in revolution.
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I will tell the truth wherever I please.
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