“We all went out; we had to be recognized as people.”

"This is obviously not about protecting workers. It's about silencing, dissent, criminalizing free speech, and chipping away at the foundation of our democracy in order to accelerate a shift toward authoritarianism. Unions are the first line of protection against that, and we have to speak out against these attempts to suppress unions."

I never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder to see them not ashamed.

It's part and parcel of the president's power grab. He (Trump) wants absolute power to fire whomever he wants in the executive branch at his whim.

 You'll be pleased you have consulted with me, Zoltoid your ally, rather than your snake-headed bosses who think that the gods speak from their lips.

“If you sit down, you don’t get nothing. If you stand up … you will get something. Stand, don’t sit down!”

The Constitution does not provide for first and second class citizens.

“It's easy to get people's attention, what counts is getting their interest.”

"OK, we are on strike. Go home."

 If we give up hope, we will start to become passive. We will start to obey, and if we obey, the country is lost.

“This controversy goes further than just the longshoremen. It is the intrinsic right of every American worker to organize and control the job. The longshoremen are fighting labor’s battle and not fighting for themselves alone. They are in the grip of a great struggle for human rights, human betterment and social advancement.”

“We will at all times espouse the cause of the producing masses, with the object of arousing them from the lethargy into which they have sunk, and which makes them willing to live in squalor while their masters revel in the wealth stolen from labor.”