1. “There is no power in the world that can stop the forward march of free men and women when they are joined in solidarity of human brotherhood.”
2. “I think we, all realize that we live in a very troubled world. Collective bargaining, as we know it, does not take place in a vacuum. Our members do not live in a vacuum; they live in a real world, a world filled with all kinds of challenges, all kinds of changes, and all kinds of crises.”
3. “Labor is not fighting for a larger slice of the national pie-labor is fighting for a larger pie.”
4. “Management has no divine rights.”
5. “The struggle between freedom and tyranny is not an old fashioned struggle for geography. This is a struggle for the hearts and minds of the people.”
6. “If you’re not big enough to lose, you’re not big enough to win.”
7. “It is important that the people of America know the truth so that they can differentiate between fact and fiction.“
8. “Wage increases are no longer the major issue in the dispute which is holding up our progress toward the goals of full employment, full production and full consumption. The major issue is now prices.”
9. “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 can be taken away in the legislative halls.”
10. “There is no greater calling than to serve your fellow men. There is no greater contribution than to help the weak. There is no greater satisfaction than to have done it well.”
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