All Charles E. Wilson Quotes
- Canada has great natural resources, and its people have the spirit and ability to develop them. Ability
- No one should suffer from the great delusion that any form of communism or socialism which promotes the dictatorship of the few instead of the… Any
- There may be some backward countries where the mass of the people are on a subsistence level and where, as an aftermath of wars or… Aftermath
- No plan can prevent a stupid person from doing the wrong thing in the wrong place at the wrong time - but a good plan… Bad Timing
- Furthermore, the spirit of enterprise which had its first intellectual development in England has especially flourished here as well as throughout all of Canada, while… All
- Your future is still before you. Your land is a vast storehouse of mineral and agricultural wealth awaiting further development for the benefit of mankind.… Agricultural
- Our expanding Canadian operations are concrete evidence of General Motors confidence in Canada. Canada
- For more than 150 years free men in our countries have had the opportunities to educate themselves, choose their own religions, select their own occupations,… Accumulate
- In my fifty years of experience and memory, I have seen the most amazing increase in the standard of living of a people ever achieved… Achieved
- Our thinking behind these agreements is that we want all jobs in General Motors to be good jobs. Agreements
- Our recent 5-year labour agreements, in Canada as well as the United States, are based upon experience, logic and principle rather than on pressure, propaganda… Agreements
- If workmen are denied any increase in real wages and they can look forward only to a better standard of living through reduction of prices,… Any
- Furthermore, there is no good ethical or economic reason for asking workmen and current producers to forego all economic gain in order to increase the… Accumulate
- That the way to achieve higher standards of living for all is through science and technology, taking advantage of better tools, methods and organization. Achieve
- That co-operation and peace rather than industrial strife and strikes will best promote the prosperity of the employees the company and all of the people… All
- Many people do not realize that where unions have bargaining rights employers cannot raise wages or improve benefit plans any more than they can reduce… Any
- Unfortunately, in collective bargaining one party or the other too often tries to gain an advantage - a bargain, like buying something in a store… Advantage
- The only sound approach to collective bargaining is to work out an agreement that clarifies the rights and responsibilities of the parties, establishes principles and… Advantage
- A study of the history of wages back through the years indicates clearly that when the cost-of-living rises appreciably wages have shortly been adjusted upward… Adjusted
- No one should be so naive as to think that wages among organized groups will not be increased, under pressure if necessary, to make up… Adjustment
- Costs of manufactured articles importantly depend on the cost of raw materials as well as labour. Articles
- The prices of raw materials do not fluctuate directly with the labour cost of producing them. Cost
- That it is logical, fair and reasonable to maintain the purchasing power of an hour's work in terms of goods and services the employee must… Daily
- The thing that contributes to anyone's reaching the goal he wants is simple wanting that goal badly enough. Anyone
- There is no royal road; you've got to work a good deal harder than most people want to work. Deal