Quote by Ernest Bevin
The most conservative man in the world is the British Trade Unioni

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

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With all their faults, trade unions have done more for humanity than any other organization of men that ever existed. They have done more for decency, for honesty, for education, for the betterment of the race, for the developing of character in man, than any other association of men. – Clarence Darrow

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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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Without the power of the Industrial Union behind it, Democracy can only enter the State as the victim enters the gullet of the Serpent. – James Connolly

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One of the great reasons for the popularity of strikes is that they give the suppressed self a sense of power. For once the human tool knows itself a man, able to stand up and speak a word or strike a blow. – Charles Horton Cooley

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