Little girls and boys, barefooted, walked up and down between the endless rows of spindles, reaching thin little hands into the machinery to repair snapped threads.
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I learned in the early part of my career that labor must bear the cross for others' sins, must be the vicarious sufferer for the wrongs that others do.
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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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I am Mother Jones. The Government can't take my life and you can't take my arm, but you can take my suitcase.
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I am not blind to the shortcomings of our own people.
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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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