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All classes of society are trade unionists at heart, and differ chiefly in the boldness, ability, and secrecy with which they pursue their respective interests.

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Science arises from the discovery of Identity amid Diversity.
Whoever wishes to acquire a deep acquaintance with Nature must observe that there are analogies which connect whole branches of science in…
I am convinced that it is impossible to expound the methods of induction in a sound manner, without resting them upon the…
The whole value of science consists in the power which it confers upon us of applying to one object the knowledge acquired…
Charles Babbage proposed to make an automaton chess-player which should register mechanically the number of games lost and gained in consequence of…
The child which overbalances itself in learning to walk is experimenting on the law of gravity.
It seems perfectly clear that Economy, if it is to be a science at all, must be a mathematical science. There exists…
Value is the most invincible and impalpable of ghosts, and comes and goes unthought of, while the visible and dense matter remains…
Fertility of imagination and abundance of guesses at the truth are among the first requisites of discovery.
It is clear that economics, if it is to be a science at all, must be a mathematical science.
Repeated reflection and inquiry have led me to the somewhat novel opinion, that value depends entirely upon utility.
As a general rule, it is foolish to do just what other people are doing, because there are almost sure to be…

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First they arrested the Communists - but I was not a Communist, so I did nothing. Then they came for the Social… — Martin Niemoller
Capitalism’s biggest political enemies are not the firebrand trade unionists spewing vitriol against the system but the executives in pin-striped suits extolling… — Raghuram Rajan
All too often miners, and indeed other trade unionists, underestimate the economic strength they have. — Arthur Scargill
I have opposed the Communist cold war line ever since, both by public utterance and by private help to trade unionists breaking… — Earl Browder
You won't catch Liberal Democrats describing trade unionists as wreckers. — Charles Kennedy
The Scottish Labour Party, while I have breath in my body, will listen to the views of trade unionists. — Johann Lamont
From 1918 on, trade unionists were to express from the platforms of their congresses the workers' desire for peace through a rational… — Leon Jouhaux
All classes of society are trade unionists at heart, and differ chiefly in the boldness, ability, and secrecy with which they pursue… — William Stanley Jevons
We will stand by our friends and administer a stinging rebuke to men or parties who are either indifferent, negligent, or hostile,… — Samuel Gompers
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out - because I was not a trade unionist. — Martin Niemoller
First they came for the Communists but I was not a Communist so I did not speak out. Then they came for… — Martin Niemoller

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