I am not afraid of the pen, or the scaffold, or the sword. I will tell the truth wherever I please.

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.

You ought to be out raising hell. This is the fighting age. Put on your fighting clothes.

I know that there are no limits to which the powers of privilege will not go to keep the workers in slavery

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

Mourn the dead, fight like hell for the living

Sit down and read. Educate yourself for the coming conflicts.

If they want to hang me, let them. And on the scaffold I will shout Freedom for the working class!

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.

I'm not a lady, I'm a hellraiser

God almighty made women and the Rockefeller gang of thieves made the ladies.

Your soul finds ego in fear. Your mind finds ache in pain but your heart finds love when free.

Inspiration gives strength to do, what we are capable of doing.

My wisdom absent of God’s wisdom is nothing more than a best-guess.

I write everything many times over. All my thoughts are second thoughts.

Brevity may be the soul of wit, but not when someone's saying "I love you.

All men love to talk about themselves, even the ones who are completely buggers.

The dutifulness of children is the foundation of all virtues.

Recommending gastric bypass as a national solution for our diabetes epidemic is bad medicine and bad economics.

I never do anything I don't want to do. Nor does anyone, but in my case I am always aware of it.

What is an epigram? A dwarfish whole, its body brevity, and wit its soul.