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<blockquote data-quote="roguerouge" data-source="post: 3633697" data-attributes="member: 13855">Oh, come on, people! Every movement needs a rallying cry!Grapes of Wrath quotes:&quot;Whenever they's a fight so hungry people can eat, I'll be there. Whenever they's a cop beatin' up a guy, I'll be there . . . . I'll be in the way guys yell when they're mad an'-I'll be in the way kids laugh when they're hungry an' they know supper's ready. An' when our folks eat the stuff they raise an' live in the houses they build-why, I'll be there.&quot;&quot;And the great owners, who must lose their land in an upheaval, the great owners with access to history, with eyes to read history and to know the great fact: when property accumulates in too few hands it is taken away. And that companion fact: when a majority of the people are hungry and cold they will take by force what they need. And the little screaming fact that sounds through all history: repression works only to strengthen and knit the repressed.&quot;&quot;How can you frighten a man whose hunger is not only in his own cramped stomach but in the wretched bellies of his children? You can't scare him--he has known a fear beyond every other.&quot;Mother Jones quotes:“Pray for the dead and fight like hell for the living.”“My address is like my shoes. It travels with me. I abide where there is a fight against wrong.”“I'm not a humanitarian, I'm a hell-raiser.”&quot;I am not afraid of the pen, or the scaffold, or the sword. I will tell the truth wherever I please.&quot; &quot;If they want to hang me, let them. And on the scaffold I will shout Freedom for the working class!&quot; &quot;The miners lost because they had only the constitution. The other side had bayonets. In the end, bayonets always win.&quot; &quot;Whatever your fight, don't be ladylike.&quot; And then there's the traditional union organizing response to the bosses' question of who their leader is: &quot;We are all leaders here.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="roguerouge, post: 3633697, member: 13855"] Oh, come on, people! Every movement needs a rallying cry! Grapes of Wrath quotes: "Whenever they's a fight so hungry people can eat, I'll be there. Whenever they's a cop beatin' up a guy, I'll be there . . . . I'll be in the way guys yell when they're mad an'-I'll be in the way kids laugh when they're hungry an' they know supper's ready. An' when our folks eat the stuff they raise an' live in the houses they build-why, I'll be there." "And the great owners, who must lose their land in an upheaval, the great owners with access to history, with eyes to read history and to know the great fact: when property accumulates in too few hands it is taken away. And that companion fact: when a majority of the people are hungry and cold they will take by force what they need. And the little screaming fact that sounds through all history: repression works only to strengthen and knit the repressed." "How can you frighten a man whose hunger is not only in his own cramped stomach but in the wretched bellies of his children? You can't scare him--he has known a fear beyond every other." Mother Jones quotes: “Pray for the dead and fight like hell for the living.” “My address is like my shoes. It travels with me. I abide where there is a fight against wrong.” “I'm not a humanitarian, I'm a hell-raiser.” "I am not afraid of the pen, or the scaffold, or the sword. I will tell the truth wherever I please." "If they want to hang me, let them. And on the scaffold I will shout Freedom for the working class!" "The miners lost because they had only the constitution. The other side had bayonets. In the end, bayonets always win." "Whatever your fight, don't be ladylike." And then there's the traditional union organizing response to the bosses' question of who their leader is: "We are all leaders here." [/QUOTE]

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