George Meany quotes:

One cannot have a trade union or a democratic election without freedom of speech, freedom of association and assembly. Without a democratic election, whereby people choose and remove their rulers, there is no method of securing human rights against the state. No democracy without human rights, no human rights without democracy, and no trade union rights without either. That is our belief; that is our creed.

Labor never quits. We never give up the fight - no matter how tough the odds, no matter how long it takes.

Economics was the only profession where a person could be considered an expert without having once been right.

Anybody who has doubts about the ingenuity or the resourcefulness of a plumber never got a bill from one.

Every piece of progressive social legislation passed by Congress in the 20th century bears a union label.

The most persistent threat to freedom, to the rights of Americans, is fear.

The one profession where you can gain great eminence without ever being right.

It is impossible to bargain collectively with the government.

The basic goal of labor will not change. It is - as it has always been, and I am sure always will be - to better the standards of life for all who work for wages and to seek decency and justice and dignity for all Americans.

We heard from the abortionists and we heard from the people who looked like Jacks, acted like Jills and had the odors of Johns.