Lane Kirkland
Lane Kirkland
Joseph Lane Kirklandwas a US labor union leader who served as President of the AFL-CIO for over sixteen years...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActivist
Date of Birth12 March 1922
CountryUnited States of America
kinds labor people women
There are two kinds of people in the labor movement: women and people who like women,
kissed republican waiting
I've been standing, tippy- toe, waiting to be kissed (by the Republican Party), and no one has come forward.
convert heathen travel
The only way to convert the heathen is to travel into the jungle.
advice way heathen
The only way to convert a heathen is to travel into the jungle.
leadership bitter ends
We must be part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulance drivers at the bitter end.
attendance proportion meetings
The usefulness of a meeting is in inverse proportion to the attendance.
size groups murphys-law
The usefulness of any meeting is inversely proportional to the size of the group.
squares numbers people
The usefulness of a meeting rises with the square of the number of people present.
hearing lips harlots
To hear the Japanese plead for free trade is like hearing the word love on the lips of a harlot.
struggle fighting long
We have come too far, - struggled too long, - sacrificed too much and have too much left to do, - to allow that which we have achieved for the good of all to be swept away without a fight. And we have not forgotten how to fight.
money hard-work funny-work
If hard work were such a wonderful thing, surely the rich would have kept it all to themselves.
real political special
The plain truth is that labor is the chief representative force that keeps the real special interests from dominating American political life.
country skills luxury
The skills and productivity of American Workers, not to mention the taxes they pay, are the greatest economic resource our country has. To condemn large numbers of them to unemployment, to deprive the Treasury of their tax contributions and to force them to live on unemployment at public expense is the most expensive luxury any society ever chose to buy.
believe winning important
Don't believe that winning is really everything. It's more important to stand for something. If you don't stand for something, what do you win?