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.

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.

I reckon responsible behavior is something to get when you grow older. Like varicose veins.

Compassion and tolerance are not a sign of weakness, but a sign of strength.

And we need things in life that are exciting and inspiring. It can't just be about solving some awful problem. There have to be reasons to get up in the morning.

You do not sew with a fork and I see no reason why you should eat with knitting needles.

You don’t understand — there are things worth dying for!

I have always felt that a man's religion was his personal and private affair.

Those who respect age, deserve to live to be old, and to be respected themselves.

Take Christ in with you under your yoke, and let patience have her perfect work.

A question like “do you love me?” was an itch our doctors told us not to scratch.

An important job of the critic is to savage what is mediocre or meretricious.