Joe Hill: Goodness

Joe Hill was Swedish-American labor activist, songwriter, and member of the Industrial Workers of the World. Explore interesting quotes on goodness.
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“There's only room for one hero in this story-and everyone knows the devil doesn't get to be the good guy.”

Joe Hill

Source: Horns

Guy

“I want you to remember what was good in me, not what was most awful. The people you love should be allowed to keep their worst to themselves.”

Joe Hill

Source: Horns

Love , People

“When you think about it, most of the good ideas came along to make sin a whole lot easier.”

Joe Hill

Source: Horns

Idea , Thinking

“My will is easy to decide,
For there is nothing to divide.
My kin don't need to fuss and moan —
"Moss does not cling to a rolling stone."

My body? — Oh! — If I could choose,
I would to ashes it reduce,
And let the merry breezes blow
My dust to where some flowers grow.

Perhaps some fading flower then
Would come to life and bloom again.
This is my last and final will.
Good luck to all of you. [Joe Hill]”

Joe Hill

My Last Will http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/My_Last_Will (1915-11-18)

Life , Flowers

“Workingmen of all countries, unite,
Side by side we for freedom will fight:
When the world and its wealth we have gained
To the grafters we'll sing this refrain:

You will eat, bye and bye,
When you've learned how to cook and to fry
Chop some wood, 'twill do you good,
And you'll eat in the sweet bye and bye.”

Joe Hill

"The Preacher and the Slave" (1911)

World , Freedom , Learning , Singing

“A pamphlet, no matter how good, is never read more than once, but a song is learned by heart and repeated over and over. And I maintain that if a person can put a few common sense facts into a song and dress them up in a cloak of humor, he will succeed in reaching a great number of workers who are too unintelligent or too indifferent to read.”

Joe Hill

Letter to the editor of Solidarity (1914-11-29)

Sense , Learning , Reading , Heart

“Workers of the world awaken. Break your chains, demand your rights.
All the wealth you make is taken, by exploiting parasites.
Shall you kneel in deep submission from your cradle to your grave?
Is the height of your ambition to be a good and willing slave?”

Joe Hill

"Workers of the World Awaken"

World , Wealth