Unionism Quotes

“The essence of trade unionism is social uplift.”

“The labor movement has been the haven for the dispossessed, the despised, the neglected, the downtrodden, the poor.”

“To be a good trade unionist is to be a good citizen.”

“Our movement is of the working people, for the working people, by the working people.”

“The trade union movement represents the organized economic power of the workers... It is in reality the most potent and the most direct social insurance the workers have.”

“The greatest force for the uplift of the downtrodden is the organized labor movement.”

“My whole life has been a subscription to the idea that you're a better person for being a member of a union.”

“To secede from the Union and set up another government would be an act of suicide on the part of the State.”

“The 'pure and simple' union has no place in this century of concentrated capital.”

“We must show that trade unions are not a problem to be managed but a solution to be embraced.”

“We have to be organised, we have to be effective and we have to be relevant.”

“Never, never, never!”

“No surrender!”

“I would rather be British than be rich.”

“This is the day of the laughing Protestants.”

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

“The union is safe. Our constitutional position is guaranteed.”

“I'm a British-born unionist, I'm a Northern Ireland unionist, I'm an Ulster unionist.”