Struggle Quotes

4246 Struggle quotes by 2534 unique authors

We have come too far, - struggled too long, - sacrificed too much and have too much left to do, - to allow that which… — Lane Kirkland
The union miner cannot agree to the acceptance of a wage principle which will permit his annual earnings and his living standards to be determined… — John L. Lewis
Instantly, the noise stopped. The whole room lay in perfect silence. The tire builders stood in long lines, touching each other, perfectly motionless, deafened by… — Ruth McKenney
Every piece of progressive social legislation passed by Congress in the 20th century bears a union label. — George Meany
If American workers are being denied their right to organize and collectively bargain when I'm in the White House, I will put on a comfortable… — Barack Obama
[T]he strike is inherently dangerous to the rich, and to the corporations who have brought this country to her knees, because it is the only… — Keith Olbermann
Concentrated power can be always wielded in the interest of the few and at the expense of the many. Government in its last analysis is… — Lucy Parsons
The coming change can only come through a revolution, because the possessing class will not allow a peaceful change to take place; still we are… — Lucy Parsons
Strike not for a few cents more an hour, because the price of living will be raised faster still, but strike for all you earn,… — Lucy Parsons
At the banquet table of nature, there are no reserved seats. You get what you can take, and you keep what you can hold. If… — A. Philip Randolph
Management has no divine rights. — Walter Reuther
Labor is not fighting for a larger slice of the national pie-labor is fighting for a larger pie. — Walter Reuther
There's a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious, makes you so sick at heart, that you can't take part; you can't… — Mario Savio
I knew from experience of the past that this butchering of people was done for the express purpose of defeating the eight-hour movement. — August Spies
The time will come when our silence will be more powerful than the voices you strangle today. — August Spies
Once, a union job at GM or AT&T was a bridge to success. Now, a nonunion Wal-Mart job is a bridge to nowhere. — Andy Stern
Our cause is a common one. It is war between poverty and wealth. ... This moneyed power is fast eating up the substance of the… — Unknown Author
It was the spirit of the workers that was dangerous. The tired, gray crowds ebbing and flowing perpetually into the mills had waked and opened… — Mary Heaton Vorse
Courage is nothing more than taking one step more than you think you can. — Holly Lisle
Opportunity follows struggle. It follows effort. It follows hard work. It doesn't come before. — Shelby Steele

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