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No king on earth is as safe in his job as a Trade Union official.

No king on earth is as safe in his job as a Trade Union official. There is only one thing that can get him sacked; and that is drink. Not even that, as long as he doesnt actually fall down. – George Bernard Shaw

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People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public, or in some contrivance to raise prices. – Adam Smith

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The General Strike has taught the working class more in four days than years of talking could have done. – Arthur Balfour

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The most conservative man in the world is the British Trade Unionist when you want to change him. – Ernest Bevin

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