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> [All too often miners, and indeed other trade unionists, underestimate the economic strength they have.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-scargill/all-too-often-miners-and-indeed-other-trade-unionists-underestimate/)

[Arthur Scargill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-scargill/)

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## More by Arthur Scargill

> [If youve got an industry where youve got massive investment, it doesnt matter whether you bring in alternative supplies. You still lose the money…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-scargill/if-youve-got-an-industry-where-youve-got-massive-investment-it-doesnt/)

[Arthur Scargill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-scargill/)

> [All too often miners, and indeed other trade unionists, underestimate the economic strength they have.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-scargill/all-too-often-miners-and-indeed-other-trade-unionists-underestimate/)

[Arthur Scargill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-scargill/)

> [There's a feeling that strength is determined by the size of a union. That clearly is nonsense.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-scargill/there-s-a-feeling-that-strength-is-determined-by-the-size-of-a-union/)

[Arthur Scargill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-scargill/)

> [Contrast that with the call of the Liberal Democrats in April, when they were prepared to call upon the British people to participate in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-scargill/contrast-that-with-the-call-of-the-liberal-democrats-in-april-when/)

[Arthur Scargill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-scargill/)

> [I have never been an idealist - that implies you aren't going to achieve something.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-scargill/i-have-never-been-an-idealist-that-implies-you-aren-t-going-to/)

[Arthur Scargill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-scargill/)

> [If you've got an industry where you've got massive investment, it doesn't matter whether you bring in alternative supplies. You still lose the money…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-scargill/if-you-ve-got-an-industry-where-you-ve-got-massive-investment-it/)

[Arthur Scargill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-scargill/)

> [We will pave the way for a transformation and roll back the years of Thatcherism...We will turn economic ruin into economic recovery, and above…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-scargill/we-will-pave-the-way-for-a-transformation-and-roll-back-the-years-of/)

[Arthur Scargill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-scargill/)

> [The trouble with the Labour Party leadership and the trade union leadership, they're quite willing to applaud millions on the streets of the Philippines…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-scargill/the-trouble-with-the-labour-party-leadership-and-the-trade-union/)

[Arthur Scargill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-scargill/)

> [The trade unions and the Labour Party... failed miserably. Instead of giving concrete support, and calling upon workers to take industrial action, they did…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-scargill/the-trade-unions-and-the-labour-party-failed-miserably-instead-of/)

[Arthur Scargill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-scargill/)

> [Only a fool wants a confrontation and only a fool wants a strike.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-scargill/only-a-fool-wants-a-confrontation-and-only-a-fool-wants-a-strike/)

[Arthur Scargill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-scargill/)

> [Parliament itself would not exist in its present form had people not defied the law.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-scargill/parliament-itself-would-not-exist-in-its-present-form-had-people-not/)

[Arthur Scargill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-scargill/)

> [You may see the emergence of a new political party from the body of the trade union movement which represents a very clear-cut socialist…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-scargill/you-may-see-the-emergence-of-a-new-political-party-from-the-body-of/)

[Arthur Scargill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-scargill/)

> [The labour movement had the best opportunity in 50 years to transform not merely an industrial situation and win an important battle for workers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-scargill/the-labour-movement-had-the-best-opportunity-in-50-years-to-transform/)

[Arthur Scargill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-scargill/)

> [I wouldn't vote for Ken Livingstone if he were running for mayor of Toytown.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-scargill/i-wouldn-t-vote-for-ken-livingstone-if-he-were-running-for-mayor-of/)

[Arthur Scargill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-scargill/)

> [Yet what you need is not marches, demonstrations, rallies or wide associations, all of them are important. What you need is direct action. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-scargill/yet-what-you-need-is-not-marches-demonstrations-rallies-or-wide/)

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