A popular saying in Alderson went as follows: 'They work us like a horse, feed us like a bird, treat us like a child, dress us like a man - and then …

- Elizabeth Gurley Flynn

a labor victory must be economic and it must be revolutionizing.

- Elizabeth Gurley Flynn

We who are members of the Communist Party repudiate the exclusive identification of democracy with capitalism. We declare that democracy can be widen…

- Elizabeth Gurley Flynn

The wage-earning class the world over are the victims of society.

- Elizabeth Gurley Flynn

I fell in love with my country - its rivers, prairies, forests, mountains, cities and people. No one can take my love of country away from me! I felt…

- Elizabeth Gurley Flynn

What is a labour victory? I maintain that it is a twofold thing. Workers must gain economic advantage, but they must also gain revolutionary spirit, …

- Elizabeth Gurley Flynn

They did not believe in making any contracts. They believed that as long as you were organized, you could hold the office to what it said it was goin…

- Elizabeth Gurley Flynn

History has a long-range perspective. It ultimately passes stern judgment on tyrants and vindicates those who fought, suffered, were imprisoned, and …

- Elizabeth Gurley Flynn

The IWW [Industrial Workers of the World] has been accused of pushing women to the front. This is not true. Rather, the women have not been kept in b…

- Elizabeth Gurley Flynn