"Don't waste any time mourning — organize!"
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Joe Hill, songwriter and labor organizer, letter to William D. Haywood (November 18, 1915); reported in Philip S. Foner, The Letters of Joe Hill (1965), p. 84. Written while Hill was awaiting execution following his conviction for murder in Utah; the fairness of his trial and accuracy of the verdict remain debated.
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