“But the Baldwins ain’t the only enemy we face, you know that. It’s the men that hire them. The coal operators. King Coal. They like to call me an agitator. Hell, wasn’t Washington? Weren’t the pilgrims on the Mayflower? They like to ask me if I have a permit to speak. Sure, I got one. Patrick Henry gave it to me one hundred and forty-four years ago. Him and Jefferson, Adams, and Washington. And I damn well intend to use it.

