Free State of Jones * Quotes

"From this day forward we declare the land north of Pascagoula Swamp, south of enterprise and east to the Pearl River to the Alabama border, to be a Free State of Jones. And as such we do hereby proclaim and affirm the following principles. Number one, no man ought to stay poor so another man can get rich. Number two, no man ought to tell another man what you got to live for or what he's got to die for. Number three, what you put in the ground is yours to tend and harvest and there ain't no man ought to be able to take that away from you. Number four, every man is a man. If you walk on two legs, you're a man. It's as simple as that."

"It ain't just for us. Black, white, rich, poor, it's for everybody."

"You go fast and you stay close to me."

"One man's fight in a rich man's war."

"I'm tired of it. You, me, all of it! We're all out there dying so they can stay rich!"

"No man ought to tell another man what he's gotta live for or what he's got to die for."

Daniel: "Are you gonna be there with me tomorrow?"
Newton Knight: "Yeah, I'm going to be there with you tomorrow, hear me? I'm going to be there with you tomorrow."