Bystanders Quote by Martin Niemoller

Then they came for me - and there was no one left to speak out for me.

— Martin Niemoller

Naturally, the common people don't want war ... but after all it is the leaders of a country who determine the policy, and it…

— Hermann Goring

The people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders...tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of…

— Hermann Goring

Naturally the common people don't want war. . . but after all it is the leaders of a country who determine policy, and it…

— Hermann Goring

I have sworn upon the altar of god.

— Thomas Jefferson

What country can preserve its liberties if its rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance?…

— Thomas Jefferson

There's a direct relationship between the ballot box and the bread box, and what the union fights for and wins at the bargaining table…

— Walter Reuther

The American Labor Movement has consistently demonstrated its devotion to the public interest. It is, and has been, good for all America.

— John F. Kennedy

Every advance in this half-century-Social Security, civil rights, Medicare, aid to education, one after another-came with the support and leadership of American Labor.

— Jimmy Carter

Every piece of progressive social legislation passed by Congress in the 20th century bears a union label.

— George Meany

One cannot have a trade union or a democratic election without freedom of speech, freedom of association and assembly. Without a democratic election, whereby…

— George Meany

If capitalism is fair then unionism must be. If men and women have a right to capitalize their ideas and the resources of their…

— Frank Lloyd Wright