“But I tell you, we in Harlan County, all of our life we’ve been kicked around. We’ve been put in jail. We’ve been shot at. We’ve had dynamite thrown at us. And then you don’t want us to have nothin’. Well, I tell you, Mr. Horn, I’m gonna be standin’ right there on that picket line lookin’ at you just as long as it takes.”

“You gotta win this fight yourselves. Now, it’s the first time East Kentucky has stood up against the coal operators, and you’re doin’ it. And when you win, you’re fighting for your kids and your grandkids. Every one of them will have a better life because of what you’re doin’ here. And that’s why the fight’s so hard. If there wasn’t so much at stake, they wouldn’t be fightin’ you this hard.”