The miners lost because they had only the constitution. The other side had bayonets. In the end, bayonets always win.
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Injustice boils in men's hearts as does steel in its cauldron, ready to pour forth, white hot, in the fullness of time.Mother Jones
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Pray for the dead and fight like hell for the living.
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My address is like my shoes. It travels with me. I abide where there is a fight against wrong.
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