Union Quotes

“The Union, next to our liberty, the most dear.”

“The industrial union is the embryo of the Socialist Republic.”

“The issues we were dealing with [at SAG] then are the same issues they're dealing with now, just amplified by technology.”

“No organization of labor can accomplish anything for the working class unless it is a fighting organization.”

“The right to organize and bargain collectively is the lifeblood of a free society.”

“Unions are a double-edged sword. They can raise wages for their members, but they can also reduce employment.”

“The Union is a stake of such inestimable value as to demand our constant and watchful vigilance for its preservation.”

“I love the Union and the Constitution, but I would rather leave the Union with the Constitution than remain in the Union without it.”

“The European Union is a work in progress, not a finished project.”

“The vote is a toy, a rattle, fit for babies, unless it is backed by the might of the industrial organization.”

“What you have in the Union is a partnership, and a partnership can be dissolved.”

“We only fought for the Union as a synonym for liberty and free government, and for the Union as an instrument of law and order.”

“The trade unions are the elementary schools of socialism.”

“I was a union delegate for Actors' Equity.”

“Organizing is the lifeblood of the labor movement.”

“We will not be silenced, we will not be intimidated, and we will not back down.”

“Our Federal Union: it must be preserved.”

“No tin-hat brigade of goose-stepping saboteurs or stooges is going to destroy the labor movement in this country.”

“It is a great misfortune that the people of the North are not so well prepared for the great struggle for the preservation of the Union and constitutional government as the people of the South are for its destruction.”

“Unquestionably, there is no patriotism in it; there is no loyalty in it; there is no devotion to the Union in it.”