Following is our list of the best Harry Bridges quotes and sayings.
The most important word in the language of the working class is "solidarity." — Harry Bridges
Labor cannot stand still. It must not retreat. It must go on, or go under. — Harry Bridges
There is a weapon we can fight with. That is the weapon of political action. — Harry Bridges
I'm a working stiff. I just happened to be around at the right time, and nobody else wanted the job. — Harry Bridges
I'm a machine man, and I head a machine. — Harry Bridges
I would have worked with the devil himself if he'd been for the six hour day and worker control of the hiring hall. — Harry Bridges
No man has ever been born a Negro hater,
a Jew hater, or any other kind of hater.
Nature refuses to be involved in such
suicidal practices. — Harry Bridges
Everything is produced by the workers, and the minute they try to get something by their unions they meet all the opposition that can be mustered by those who now get what they produce. — Harry Bridges
Neither, I must say with all due respect, is it the power of teachers and students. Basically the true and real power is with working people of all colors, of all beliefs, of all national origins. — Harry Bridges
There will always be a place for us somewhere, somehow, as long as we see to it that working people fight for everything they have, everything they hope to get, for dignity, equality, democracy, to oppose war and to bring to the world a better life. — Harry Bridges
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