“I am not afraid of the pen or the scaffold or the sword. I will tell the truth whenever I please.”
Mother Jones“That’s got to stop,” says I. “The idea of any blood-thirsty pirate (Mexican President Diaz) sitting on a throne and reaching across the border to tromp on our Constitution makes my blood boil.” — Mother Jones”
Jerry Ash, Hellraiser—Mother Jones: An Historical Novel“To the RKO motion picture camera at her 100th birthday party: “I pray for the day when working men and women are able to earn a fair share of the wealth they produce in a capitalist system, a day when all Americans are able to enjoy the freedom, rights and opportunities guaranteed them by the Constitution of the United States of America.” — Mother Jones”
Jerry Ash, Hellraiser—Mother Jones: An Historical Novel“Well, honey, it’s capitalism that brings out the meanness and greed,” says I. “Our founding fathers did a decent job of framing our democracy. They wrote the Constitution and added a Bill of Rights that intended for people of all classes to enjoy the freedoms the Constitution offers. But capitalism came along without a constitution or a bill of rights and the industrialists grabbed unrestricted power. The capitalists wrote their own ‘Declaration of Capitalism’.” — Mother Jones”
Jerry Ash, Hellraiser—Mother Jones: An Historical Novel“If they want to hang me, let them. And on the scaffold I will shout Freedom for the working class!”
Mother Jones“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.”
Mother Jones“I am not afraid of the pen, or the scaffold, or the sword. I will tell the truth wherever I please.”
Mother Jones“We must stand together if we don't there will be no victory for any one of us.”
Mother Jones“I am not afraid of the pen or the scaffold or the sword. I will tell the truth whenever I please.”
Mother Jones“Institutions are not pretty. Show me a pretty government. Healing is wonderful, but the American Medical Association? Learning is wonderful, but universities? The same is true for religion... religion is institutionalized spirituality. — Mother Jones November/December 1997.”
Huston Smith“Honey, it isn’t democracy that runs this country. Capitalism rules. It does no good to reason with the capitalists or their politicians. This is a class war. We have to stir up the American people, the lower class. Some of the better-off lower class do show some sympathy for us when they’re smacked with the facts. And when they voice themselves collectively, good things happen.” — Mother Jones”
Jerry Ash