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
leadership bitter ends
We must be part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulance drivers at the bitter end.
kinds labor people women
There are two kinds of people in the labor movement: women and people who like women,
convert heathen travel
The only way to convert the heathen is to travel into the jungle.
kissed republican waiting
I've been standing, tippy- toe, waiting to be kissed (by the Republican Party), and no one has come forward.
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My pappy told me never to bet my bladder against a brewery or get into an argument with people who buy ink by the barrel.
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.
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.
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The only way to convert a heathen is to travel into the jungle.
attendance proportion meetings
The usefulness of a meeting is in inverse proportion to the attendance.
men blood brain
Fritz Mondale is not some synthetic Masked Marvel or Mystery Man. He is not made of silicon and micro-chip flakes. He is made of flesh and blood and brains.
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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.
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?
hearing lips harlots
To hear the Japanese plead for free trade is like hearing the word love on the lips of a harlot.