One cannot have a trade union or a democratic election without freedom of speech, freedom of association and assembly. Without a democratic election, whereby people choose and remove their rulers, there is no method of securing human rights against the state. No democracy without human rights, no human rights without democracy, and no trade union rights without either. That is our belief; that is our creed.

The one profession where you can gain great eminence without ever being right.

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

One cannot have a trade union or a democratic election without freedom of speech, freedom of association and assembly. Without a democratic election, whereby people choose and remove their rulers, there is no method of securing human rights against the state. No democracy without human rights, no human rights without democracy, and no trade union rights without either. That is our belief; that is our creed.

We heard from the abortionists and we heard from the people who looked like Jacks, acted like Jills and had the odors of Johns.

The basic goal of labor will not change. It is - as it has always been, and I am sure always will be - to better the standards of life for all who work for wages and to seek decency and justice and dignity for all Americans.

Anybody who has doubts about the ingenuity or the resourcefulness of a plumber never got a bill from one.