#men

Sometimes it seemed to me I could not look at those silent little figures; that I must go north, to the grim coal fields, to the Rocky Mountain camps, where the labor fight is at least fought by grown men. ↗

— Mary Harris Jones

#coal #could #fields #fight #figures

The strike of the miners in Arizona was one of the most remarkable strikes in the history of the American labor movement. Its peaceful character, its successful outcome, were due to that most remarkable character, Governor Hunt. ↗

— Mary Harris Jones

#arizona #character #due #governor #history

Injustice boils in men's hearts as does steel in its cauldron, ready to pour forth, white hot, in the fullness of time. ↗

— Mother Jones

#cauldron #does #forth #fullness #hearts

I don't try to sound like anyone but me anymore. If something is out of my element, I try to avoid it. ↗

— Norah Jones

#anyone #avoid #element #i #like

We soon found that the white men were growing rich very fast, and were greedy. ↗

— Chief Joseph

#found #greedy #growing #men #rich

Making records is fun. It's not some big statement. You're allowed to make mistakes. ↗

— Norah Jones

#big #fun #make #making #mistakes

I would like to state that my personal opinions are that the people of every country should decide by themselves what kind of government they want. ↗

— Julius Rosenberg

#decide #every #government #i #kind

I got a scholarship to Seattle University and I was writing arrangements for singers and everybody. But the music course was too dry and I really wanted to get away from home. ↗

— Quincy Jones

#away #course #dry #everybody #get

It slaps your dignity just right. I loved the idea of these proud, dignified black men, and I saw the older ones wounded, and it wounded me ten times as much because I couldn't stand seeing them hurt like this. ↗

— Quincy Jones

#black #dignified #dignity #hurt #i

If the English want a king, it is their business. If the Russians want communism, it is their business. If the Americans want our form of government, it is our business. ↗

— Julius Rosenberg

#communism #english #form #government #king