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But in Shimabukuro's hands, as he breaks out experimental jazz, lays down a steady blues train, or shreds on rock anthems, this little jumping flea becomes a melodic monster.

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Mother Jones
Age: 100 †
Born: 1830
Born: May 1
Died: 1930
Died: November 30
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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.
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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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I believe that no man who holds a leader's position should ever accept favors from either side. He is then committed to show favors. A leader must stand alone.
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My friends, it is solidarity of labor we want. We do not want to find fault with each other, but to solidify our forces and say to each other: We must be together our masters are joined together and we must do the same thing.
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Men's hearts are cold. They are indifferent.
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I was born in revolution.
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I live in the United States, but I do not know exactly where. My address is wherever there is a fight against oppression.
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The militant not the meek shall inherit the earth!
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I believe that movements to suppress wrongs can be carried out under the protection of our flag.
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You ought to be out raising hell. This is the fighting age. Put on your fighting clothes.
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All the average human being asks is something he can call a home a family that is fed and warm and now and then a little happiness once in a long while an extravagance.
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I'm not afraid of the press or the Militia.
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a TEN-YEAR-OLD lad in Indianapolis who was arrested for picking up coal along the side of railroad tracks is now in jail. If the boy had known enough to steal the whole railroad he would be heralded as a Napoleon of finance.
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I will tell the truth wherever I please.
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Some day the workers will take possession of your city hall, and when we do, no child will be sacrificed on the altar of profit!
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You know I took an oath to tell the truth when I took the witness stand
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I am not unaware that leaders betray, and sell out, and play false.
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I want to hold a series of meetings all over the country and get the facts before the American people
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The employment of children is doing more to fill prisons, insane asylums, almshouses, reformatories, slums, and gin shops than all the efforts of reformers are doing to improve society.
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Today the white child is sold for two dollars a week to the manufacturers.
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