The miners lost because they had only the constitution. The other side had bayonets. In the end, bayonets always win. Mary Harris Jones
The national strike of the miners in 1972 performed, I believe, a great service, not only to the miners, but the people in Britain today who wanted coal. Michael Foot
We heard moving accounts from two working miners about just what they have to face as they try to make their way to work. The sheer bravery of those men and thousands like them who kept the mining industry alive is beyond praise. "Scabs” their former workmates call them. Scabs? They are lions! Margaret Thatcher
My mother listened to all the news from the camp during the strike. She said little, especially when my father or the men who worked for him were about I remember her instinctive and unhesitating sympathy for the miners. Agnes Smedley
Tourism is important because it can create sustainable local economies. Id much rather have 1,000 tourists going up the Tambopata than 1,000 gold miners. Frans Lanting
Football is a game designed to keep coal miners off the streets. Jimmy Breslin