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OSSTF District 11- Thames Valley
Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation

680 Industrial Road, London, Ontario, N5V 1V1
Phone: (519) 659-6588; Fax: (519) 659-2421; Email: osstf11@execulink.com

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Volume 4, Issue 2: December 12, 2005

Union-related Quotations

Submitted by Nancy McDougall, Federation Services Officer
Solidarity is not a matter of sentiment but a fact, cold and impassive as the granite foundations of a skyscraper. If the basic elements, identity of interest, clarity of vision, honesty of intent, and oneness of purpose, or any of these is lacking, all sentimental pleas for solidarity, and all other efforts to achieve it will be barren of results. (Eugene V. Debs)

In Germany they came first for the Communists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist. Then they came for the Catholics, and I didn't speak up because I was a Protestant. Then they came for me, and by that time no one was left to speak up. (Martin Niemoeller, German Lutheran Pastor, 1892-1984)

The man who has got everything he wants is all in favor of peace and order. (Jawaharlal Nehru)

We'll hold this line until Hell freezes over -- Then we'll hold it on ice skates." (Anonymous, from a picket sign)

The man who fights for his ideals is the man who is alive. (Cervantes)

When you say fiscal responsibility, it seems to me that you really mean rich people keeping their money. (Alice Adams, Listening to Billie, 1978)

Never "for the sake of peace and quiet" deny your convictions. (Dag Hammarskjold)

 

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Let us not take thought for our separate interests, but let us help one another.
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