7 Quotes & Sayings By Mary Harris Jones

Mary Harris Jones has been a commercial artist for more than fifty years, specializing in advertising and editorial illustration. In addition to watercolor, she uses oil and acrylic. She has taught at the University of Michigan School of Art and Design and the Detroit Society of Arts and Crafts. Her work has been exhibited in many U.S Read more

cities and exhibits regularly in Michigan, the Midwest and Europe. Her work also appears on calendars and book cover illustrations, as well as several children's books.

Pray for the dead and fight like hell for the...
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Pray for the dead and fight like hell for the living. Mary Harris Jones
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They began work at 5:30 and quit at 7 at night. Children six years old going home to lie on a straw pallet until time to resume work the next morning! I have seen the hair torn out of their heads by the machinery, their scalps torn off, and yet not a single tear was shed, while the poodle dogs were loved and caressed and carried to the seashore. Mary Harris Jones
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I'm not a humanitarian, I'm a hell-raiser. Mary Harris Jones
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Life comes to the miners out of their deaths, and death out of their lives. Mary Harris Jones
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I will tell the truth wherever I please. Mary Harris Jones
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Reformation, like education, is a journey, not a destination. Mary Harris Jones