--- title: "16 Picket Line Quotes by 13 authors" description: "Browse 16 Picket Line quotes by 13 authors. Discover the best Picket Line sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3b/mikis-theodorakis-12162_forbidden_in-greece-the-picket-line-is-forbidden-1_1687885.jpg" --- > [In Greece, the picket line is forbidden.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mikis-theodorakis/in-greece-the-picket-line-is-forbidden/) [Mikis Theodorakis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mikis-theodorakis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3b/mikis-theodorakis-12162_forbidden_in-greece-the-picket-line-is-forbidden-1_1687885.jpg) > [The way we have been playing, I might tell my players not to cross the picket line (umpire strike of 1979).](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/whitey-herzog/the-way-we-have-been-playing-i-might-tell-my-players-not-to-cross-the/) [Whitey Herzog](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/whitey-herzog/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e2/whitey-herzog-28696_crosses_the-way-we-have-been-playing-i-might-tel_1146538.jpg) > [ The first thing I did \[in Michigan\] was join a picket line of a pizzeria in Ann Harbor in 1963 that didn't… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-ayers/the-first-thing-i-did-in-michigan-was-join-a-picket-line-of-a/) [Bill Ayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-ayers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a8/bill-ayers-1848_african-american_the-first-thing-i-did-in-michigan-was-jo_2690610.png) > [When a man or woman, young, or old, takes a place on the picket line for even a day or two, he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cesar-chavez/when-a-man-or-woman-young-or-old-takes-a-place-on-the-picket-line-for/) [Cesar Chavez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cesar-chavez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/240/cesar-chavez-2137_line_when-a-man-or-woman-young-or-old-takes-a_246535.png) > [We had violence directed at us by the growers themselves, trying to run us down by cars, pointing rifles at us, spraying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dolores-huerta/we-had-violence-directed-at-us-by-the-growers-themselves-trying-to/) [Dolores Huerta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dolores-huerta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59e/dolores-huerta-7148_people_we-had-violence-directed-at-us-by-the-gr_1053845.png) > [I remember at the age of five travelling on a trolley car with my mother past a group of women on a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/i-remember-at-the-age-of-five-travelling-on-a-trolley-car-with-my/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c1/noam-chomsky-42_age_i-remember-at-the-age-of-five-travelling_1421242.jpg) > [now the profile of our country looks a little less hard nosed / but that picket line persisted and that clinic's since…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ani-difranco/now-the-profile-of-our-country-looks-a-little-less-hard-nosed-but/) [Ani DiFranco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ani-difranco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3dd/ani-difranco-813_break_now-the-profile-of-our-country-looks-a-l_1276102.png) > [I think once you meet me, you realize I'm not necessarily some soft yoga guy. I've been on the picket line. I've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-ryan/i-think-once-you-meet-me-you-realize-i-m-not-necessarily-some-soft/) [Tim Ryan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-ryan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae3/tim-ryan-16014_drink_i-think-once-you-meet-me-you-realize-i-m_1649001.png) > [You want to shut up every Negro who has the courage to stand up and fight for the rights of his people,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-robeson/you-want-to-shut-up-every-negro-who-has-the-courage-to-stand-up-and/) [Paul Robeson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-robeson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/432/paul-robeson-8458_courage_you-want-to-shut-up-every-negro-who-has_3058758.jpg) > [I had grown up seeing people in school where I felt like I needed to keep them at arm's length, or on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megan-phelps-roper/i-had-grown-up-seeing-people-in-school-where-i-felt-like-i-needed-to/) [Megan Phelps-Roper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/megan-phelps-roper/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/633/megan-phelps-roper-6233_hostility_i-had-grown-up-seeing-people-in-school-w_2593897.jpg) > [Because of the dynamics on the picket line all my life, I had these expectations of people. It was all the things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megan-phelps-roper/because-of-the-dynamics-on-the-picket-line-all-my-life-i-had-these/) [Megan Phelps-Roper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/megan-phelps-roper/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e67/megan-phelps-roper-6233_evil_because-of-the-dynamics-on-the-picket-li_2091274.jpg) > [“You see what’s going on,” Dane said. Miserably he ran his hands over his head. “That is a picket line, and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/china-mi-ville/you-see-what-s-going-on-dane-said-miserably-he-ran-his-hands-over-his/) [China Miéville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/china-mi-ville/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/add/china-mi-ville-1303_picket_you-see-what-s-going-on-dane-said-misera_2393346.jpg) > [I was a blue-eyed, chubby-cheeked five-year-old when I joined my family on the picket line for the first time. My mom made…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megan-phelps-roper/i-was-a-blue-eyed-chubby-cheeked-five-year-old-when-i-joined-my/) [Megan Phelps-Roper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/megan-phelps-roper/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2da/megan-phelps-roper-6233_death_i-was-a-blue-eyed-chubby-cheeked-five-ye_2130520.jpg) > [If American workers are being denied their right to organize and collectively bargain when I'm in the White House, I will put…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/if-american-workers-are-being-denied-their-right-to-organize-and/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e7/barack-obama-17_america_if-american-workers-are-being-denied-the_1261837.jpg) > [The picket line is the best place to train organizers. One day on the picket line is where a man makes his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cesar-chavez/the-picket-line-is-the-best-place-to-train-organizers-one-day-on-the/) [Cesar Chavez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cesar-chavez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/04e/cesar-chavez-2137_beautiful_the-picket-line-is-the-best-place-to-tra_1240092.jpg) > [“The workers stayed in the plant instead of walking out, and this had clear advantages: they were directly blocking the use of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-zinn/the-workers-stayed-in-the-plant-instead-of-walking-out-and-this-had/) [Howard Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-zinn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35f/howard-zinn-576_america_the-workers-stayed-in-the-plant-instead_1551155.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/picket-line/#itemlist", "name": "Picket Line Quotes", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": 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I've been on the picket line. I've been in the union halls. I'll drink a Miller Lite with you.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Tim Ryan" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-ryan/i-think-once-you-meet-me-you-realize-i-m-not-necessarily-some-soft/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae3/tim-ryan-16014_drink_i-think-once-you-meet-me-you-realize-i-m_1649001.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae3/tim-ryan-16014_drink_i-think-once-you-meet-me-you-realize-i-m_1649001.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae3/tim-ryan-16014_drink_i-think-once-you-meet-me-you-realize-i-m_1649001.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I think once you meet me, you realize I'm not necessarily some soft yoga guy. 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It was all the things that I had learned about outsiders from the time I was tiny, that they were evil, that if they were being nice to me they were trying to seduce me away from the truth.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Megan Phelps-Roper" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megan-phelps-roper/because-of-the-dynamics-on-the-picket-line-all-my-life-i-had-these/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e67/megan-phelps-roper-6233_evil_because-of-the-dynamics-on-the-picket-li_2091274.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e67/megan-phelps-roper-6233_evil_because-of-the-dynamics-on-the-picket-li_2091274.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e67/megan-phelps-roper-6233_evil_because-of-the-dynamics-on-the-picket-li_2091274.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Because of the dynamics on the picket line all my life, I had these expectations of people. It was all the…” — Megan Phelps-Roper", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 12, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“You see what’s going on,” Dane said. Miserably he ran his hands over his head. “That is a picket line, and I am in trouble.” “A picket? The cats and birds?” Dane nodded. “The familiars are on strike.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "China Miéville" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/china-mi-ville/you-see-what-s-going-on-dane-said-miserably-he-ran-his-hands-over-his/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/add/china-mi-ville-1303_picket_you-see-what-s-going-on-dane-said-misera_2393346.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/add/china-mi-ville-1303_picket_you-see-what-s-going-on-dane-said-misera_2393346.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/add/china-mi-ville-1303_picket_you-see-what-s-going-on-dane-said-misera_2393346.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You see what’s going on,” Dane said. 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