Families Quote by Amy McGrath

I learned in the Marines to leave no one behind, but after 34 years in Washington, Mitch McConnell left our coal miners behind years ago.

— Amy McGrath

For families to access affordable housing, they often need legal representation that takes their side against abusive landlords.

— Nydia Velazquez

I want to live, I want to give, I've been a miner for a heart of gold.

— Neil Young

If politicians want to save money, that's fine. They can look for all the wasteful spending they want, but not where the lives of…

— Homer Hickam

Instead of attacking and dividing our people, I'll focus on better paying jobs, career and skills training, and apprenticeships. And I'll always protect our…

— Andy Beshear

The national strike of the miners in 1972 performed, I believe, a great service, not only to the miners, but the people in Britain…

— Michael Foot

Arthur Scargill’s leadership of the miners’ strike has been a disgrace. The price to be paid for his folly will be immense. He will…

— Jimmy Reid

All too often miners, and indeed other trade unionists, underestimate the economic strength they have.

— Arthur Scargill

Writing is to descend like a miner to the depths of the mine with a lamp on your forehead, a light whose dubious brightness…

— Blaise Cendrars

“Go home now,” says I. “Keep away from the saloons. Save your money. You are going to need it.” “What are we going to…

— Jerry Ash

“That’s got to stop,” says I. “The idea of any blood-thirsty pirate (Mexican President Diaz) sitting on a throne and reaching across the border…

— Jerry Ash

“It was in ’35—we had this campaign to raise a million tax dollars. In the town of Phillips, one evening, during a blizzard, I…

— Studs Terkel