Arthur Scargill

“The only numbers I'm interested in are the numbers of people who are going to be put on the dole.”

“Solidarity is the only weapon the working class has.”

“The Tory party is the enemy of the working class.”

“We are fighting for the survival of our industry and the communities that depend on it.”

“I'm a socialist, not a socialite.”

“You don't get reforms by asking. You get reforms by fighting for them.”

“We're not going to be starved back to work.”

“The price of coal is the blood, sweat, and tears of the miners.”

“The aim of the Socialist Labour Party is to bring about a fundamental transformation of society.”

“Our struggle is not just for wages, it's for the right to work, for the future of our children.”

“I make no apologies for my stand.”

“The people have got to be given the hope that there is an alternative to this rotten, decadent, capitalist system.”