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Whatever her subsequent political shortcomings may have been, progressive women were very proud of her at that time.

— Elizabeth Gurley Flynn

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Force and violence come from the ruling class and not from the people.

Speech in Court, charged under the Smith Act (1952)

A labor victory must be twofold, but if it can only be one it is better to gain in spirit than to gain economic advantage.

The Truth About the Paterson Strike (1914)

The Industrial Workers of the World is a new form of labor organization, one that stands for the industrial working class and that class alone.

The Working Class (1909)

The train on which I write rushes by factories where murder instruments are made for gold.

Do You Believe in Patriotism? (1916)

Let those who own the country, who are howling for and profiting by preparedness, fight to defend their property.

Do You Believe in Patriotism? (1916)

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The worker is the slave of capitalist society, the female worker is the slave of that slave.

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There is a Lady sweet and kind,
Was never face so pleased my mind;
I did but see her passing by,
And yet I love her till I die.

Thomas Ford

To call woman the weaker sex is a libel; it is man's injustice to woman.

Mahatma Gandhi

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men and women are created equal.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

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