Joe Hill

“There is pow'r, there is pow'rOne Industrial Union Grand.”

“A pamphlet, no matter how good, is never read more than once, but a song is learned by heart and repeated over and over. And I maintain that if a person can put a few common sense facts into a song and dress them up in a cloak of humor, he will succeed in reaching a great number of workers who are too unintelligent or too indifferent to read.”

“I'll take the shooting. I'm used to that. I've been shot a few times in the past, and I guess I can stand it, again.”

“My will is easy to decide,Good luck to all of you. [Joe Hill]”

“Goodbye Bill. I die like a true blue rebel. Don't waste any time in mourning. Organize.”

“I die with a clear conscience, I die fighting, not like a coward.”

“Workers of the world awaken. Break your chains, demand your rights.Is the height of your ambition to be a good and willing slave?”