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Mary Harris Jones

"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 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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"Forget sex or politics or religion, loneliness is the subject that clears out a room."

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"I would fight God Almighty Himself if He didn't play square with me."
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"I am not unaware that leaders betray, and sell out, and play false."
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"And who is responsible for this appalling child slavery? Everyone."
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