Union Quotes

1378 Union quotes by 937 unique authors

Cash-payment never was, or could except for a few years be, the union-bond of man to man. Cash never yet paid one man fully his… — Thomas Carlyle
When love is accompanied with deep intimacy, it raises us to the highest level of human experience. In this exalted space, we can surrender our… — Leo Buscaglia
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
Every piece of progressive social legislation passed by Congress in the 20th century bears a union label. — George Meany
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
There are vivid memories from my childhood-what we had to go through because of low wages and the conditions, basically because there was no union.… — Cesar Chavez
I remember with strong feelings the families who joined our movement and paid dues long before there was any hope of winning contracts. Sometimes, fathers… — Cesar Chavez
There is a great fear of our Union - a fear that I do not fully understand, but that I know is present...What is it… — Cesar Chavez
In the no-nonsense school of adversity, which we did not choose for ourselves, we are learning how to operate a labor union. — Cesar Chavez
We know what unions have done for other people. We have seen it and we have studied and we have cherished the idea of unionism.… — Cesar Chavez
I am an organizer, not a union leader. A good organizer has to work hard and long. There are no shortcuts. You just keep talking… — Cesar Chavez
Farm workers everywhere are angry and worried that we cannot win without violence. We have proved it before through persistence, hard work, faith and willingness… — Cesar Chavez
If they had $2.00 for food, they had to give $1.00 to the union. Otherwise, they would never get out of the trap of poverty.… — Cesar Chavez
Organizing is an educational process. The best educational process in the union is the picket line and the boycott. You learn about life. — Cesar Chavez
"The life of the union depends upon more people getting to share the limelight, because with the limelight also comes responsibility and with the responsibility… — Cesar Chavez
Until the chance for political participation is there, we who are poor will continue to attack the soft part of the American system - its… — Cesar Chavez
...the workers aren't going to stop struggling. They're going to struggle to have a union and they have the right to have it. The police… — Cesar Chavez
Our union represents a breaking away...represents sharing a power, represent questioning, represents a new force...however long it takes, we are geared for a struggle. — Cesar Chavez
Good breeding, a union of kindness and independence. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Union of religious sentiments begets a surprising confidence, and ecclesiastical establishments tend to great ignorance and corruption; all of which facilitate the execution of mischievous… — James Madison
A union of government and religion tends to destroy government and degrade religion. — Hugo Black
Then I was lucky I met with my future husband, and I started new life with my husband, and I was happy again. He was… — Olga Korbut
Indiana gets credit for having the most rabid basketball fans in the union, but Maine is a very, very active basketball state. — Bob Cousy
You know, for me, the realization that two people should have the right to form a sacred union regardless of their gender was strengthened when… — Barbra Streisand
Imagine a room awash in gasoline, and there are two implacable enemies in that room. One of them has nine thousand matches. The other has… — Carl Sagan

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