"My conception of the strike of the future is not to strike and go out an starve, but to strike and remain in and take possession of the necessary property of production". . . .lucy parsons

Autobiography of Mother Jones: Chapter XXVII – Progress in Spite of Leaders " The rank and file have let their servants become their masters and dictators. The workers have now to fight not alone their exploiters but likewise their own leaders, who often betray them, who sell them out, who put their own advancement ahead of that of the working masses, who make of the rank and file political pawns. Provision should be made in all union constitutions for the recall of leaders. Big salaries should not be paid. Career hunters should be driven out, as well as leaders who use labor for political ends. These types are menaces to the advancement of labor." http://www.marxists.org/subject/women/authors/jones/ch27.htm

Margaret Mead: "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."