The miners lost because they had only the constitution. The other side had bayonets. In the end, bayonets always win.

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

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Some day the workers will take possession of your city hall, and when we do, no child will be sacrificed on the altar of profit!

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I have never had a vote, and I have raised hell all over this country. You don't need a vote to raise hell! You need convictions and a voice!

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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 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.

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