Lane Kirkland

“We are the only major industrial country in the world that does not have a national health care system.”

“The future of the labor movement depends upon its ability to organize the unorganized.”

“If you want to be free, you've got to be brave.”

“Human rights are not a western value; they are a universal value.”

“Our task is not to make the world safe for democracy, but to make a world of democracies.”

“An injury to one is an injury to all.”

“If a free trade union cannot live in peace, no one can.”

“We will not bend, we will not break, we will not yield.”

“The search for scapegoats is the easiest of all hunting expeditions.”

“Solidarity is not a matter of altruism. Solidarity is a matter of self-interest.”