Mother Jones Quotes
I was born in revolution.
Jones, Mary Harris. The Speeches and Writings of Mother Jones. Edited by Edward M. Steel, University of Pittsburgh Press, 1988, p. 27.
1st Baron Lytton of Knebworth
Germany, after its defeat in WWI was going through massive demonstrations and strikes. The government kept issuing bulletins that “Order Prevails” and the like. Luxemburg’s rhetoric and writing was so damaging to the government that they had her assassinated shortly after this statement.
Khrushchev did not originate this quotation. It was first stated by Lenin. See {620087}.
Mary G. Harris Jones, known as Mother Jones from 1897 onwards, was an Irish-born American schoolteacher and dressmaker who became a prominent union organizer, community organizer, and activist. She helped coordinate major strikes and co-founded the Industrial Workers of the World.
