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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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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