Mary Harris Jones: Living

Mary Harris Jones was Irish-born American labor and community organizer. Explore interesting quotes on living.

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“Your organization is not a praying institution. It's a fighting institution. It's an educational institution along industrial lines. Pray for the dead and fight like hell for the living!”

Mary Harris Jones

Source: Autobiography of Mother Jones

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“Pray for the dead and fight like hell for the living!”

Mary Harris Jones

Autobiography of Mother Jones (1925).
Context: Your organization is not a praying institution. It's a fighting institution. It's an educational institution along industrial lines. Pray for the dead and fight like hell for the living!

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“The old condition is passing away. The new dawn of another civilized nation is breaking into the lives of the human race.”

Mary Harris Jones

Source: Speech in Williamson, WV. (20 June 1920)