Sunday Inspiration.
The words of Mother Jones as related by Elliott J. Gorn in Mother Jones. The Most Dangerous Woman in America
"'...we are face to face with a conflict of the classes.' Her fundamental assumption was the labor theory of value -- that the worth of goods comes from workers combining their toil and skill with natural resources. From this followed the belief that capitalists unjustly deprive workers of the product of their labor, that the earth's treasures rightfully belong to the people, that the primary identity of those who toil for a living is with each other, and that out of such awareness will come change. Government, she insisted, was a prisoner of capital. 'You assume that you live in a republic, but it is a mistake; you live under the flag of an oligarchy. Your President and Congress do not represent the people. They represent the robber class, and do not represent the working class.'"
N.B. Mother Jones was a labor activist in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. She affected people greatly through her love of workers, their children, and families.
