Richard Trumka Quotes

People have a fundamental right to organize. It's rooted very much in the Constitution and people's right to free association.

In the years since then, those four freedoms - freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear - have stood as a summary of our aspirations for the American Republic and for the world.

We look forward to a world founded upon four essential human freedoms. The first is freedom of speech and expression. The second is freedom of every person to worship God in his own way. The third is freedom from want. The fourth is freedom from fear.

In his State of the Union speech in January 1941, President Franklin Roosevelt declared America's commitment to Four Freedoms in the struggle against Nazi totalitarianism. Among them was the freedom from fear.

Roosevelt talked not only about Freedom from Fear, but also Freedom from Want.

The principles of fairness and equality for working men and women are deeply interwoven within the fabric of our nation's history.

The people of my country want the two freedoms that spell security: freedom from want and freedom from fear.

There can be no liberty unless there is economic liberty.

I regard freedom of expression as the primary right without which one can not have a proper functioning democracy.

We shall not yield to violence. We shall not be deprived of union freedoms. We shall never agree with sending people to prison for their convictions.

China not only fights for her own independence, but also for the liberation of every oppressed nation. For us, the Atlantic Charter and President Roosevelt's proclamation of the Four Freedoms for all peoples are corner-stones of our fighting faith.

To protect the right of expression is the central part of an artist's activity... In China many essential rights are lacking, and I wanted to remind people of this.

Civil rights are meaningless without economic rights.

if the freedom of the people of this country—and especially the rights of trade unionists—if those precious things in the past had been left to the good sense and fairmindedness of judges, we would have precious few freedoms in this country.

Freedom from fear" could be said to sum up the whole philosophy of human rights.

Women today should have the same rights as men. And all citizens should have the right to speak their minds without fear of imprisonment.

Freedom of expression is very important.

Freedom of choice and free speech without fear must be defended.

Ordinary people in such positions - working at firms, companies, or chains - have the absolute right to have their voice in the public square.

Where free unions and collective bargaining are forbidden, freedom is lost.

It is difficult for me to imagine what “personal liberty” is enjoyed by an unemployed hungry person. True freedom can only be where there is no exploitation and oppression of one person by another; where there is not unemployment, and where a person is not living in fear of losing his job, his home and his bread. Only in such a society personal and any other freedom can exist for real and not on paper.

There's one place where (Fidel Castro’s) Cuba stands out head and shoulders above the rest – that is in its love for human rights and liberty!

Workers' rights should be a central focus of development.

The dimension of cultural equity needs to be added to the humane continuum of liberty, freedom of speech and religion, and social justice.

We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. We must not walk in fear of one another. We must not be driven by fear into an age of unreason.