"This disaster did not force us to abandon……" — Leon Jouhaux
"This disaster did not force us to abandon our ideal; on the contrary, from the very first months of the conflict, it led us to define precisely the conditions for its realization."
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Leon Jouhaux
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15 Quotes by Leon Jouhaux
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We too, through lack of knowledge and of sufficiently mature reflection, mistook the visible outward appearance of the phenomenon for…
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This led me to understand that trade unionism, the instrument of working-class liberation and of social change could, and indeed…
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True enough, nature has endowed me with a fair measure of patience and composure, yet I should be lying if…
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A convention was drawn up on June 17, 1925, in which the principle of supervision, as opposed to that of…
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At Leeds the idea of an international labour organization appeared in a trade-union text which also drew attention to the…
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From 1918 on, trade unionists were to express from the platforms of their congresses the workers' desire for peace through…
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I would not go so far as to say that the French trade unions attached greater importance to the struggle…
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My parents, and especially my mother, encouraged by the director of the local school which I was attending, wanted in…
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Expressing the thoughts of my comrades, I suggested, among other means, the organization of an international information service on inventories,…
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Furthermore, it is not distorting history to say that it was largely through the efforts and propaganda of our International…
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On completion of my military service, I went back to the factory and to the trade union.
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The trade unions, far from being content with these declarations, established international liaisons and supported every policy based on pacification…
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More Abandon Quotes
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If I can procure three hundred good substantial names of persons, or bodies, or institutions, I cannot fail to do…
— John James Audubon
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If Christ Jesus dwells in a man as his friend and noble leader, that man can endure all things, for…
— Teresa of Avila
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The people who abandon Jihad fall a victim to humility and degradation.
— Abu Bakr
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When you are portraying somebody that has a very specific emotional weight, you feel like you're really starting to abandon…
— Javier Bardem
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If Republicans are aiming for the heart, for compassion, the last thing they should do is abandon the sanctity of…
— Gary Bauer
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More and more political analysts and weak-kneed politicians are advising the historically pro-life Republican Party to abandon its pro-life stance…
— Gary Bauer
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Sex pleasure in woman is a kind of magic spell; it demands complete abandon; if words or movements oppose the…
— Simone de Beauvoir
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The torment of precautions often exceeds the dangers to be avoided. It is sometimes better to abandon one's self to…
— Napoleon Bonaparte
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The essence of optimism is that it takes no account of the present, but it is a source of inspiration,…
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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I had to abandon free market principles in order to save the free market system.
— George W. Bush
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I'm not suggesting people abandon musical instruments and start playing their cars and apartments, but I do think the reign…
— David Byrne
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To abandon oneself to principles is really to die - and to die for an impossible love which is the…
— Albert Camus
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