Tim Ryan Quotes

What the labor movement did in this country is to make sure that capitalism worked.

There can be no distress, there can be no hard times, when labor is well paid. The man who raises his hand against the progress of the workingman raises his hand against prosperity.

The labor movement has lifted more people out of poverty than all the programs in the country.

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

Placing decent work and social justice at the core of policymaking is simply a recognition of the obvious: none of us can build a better future for ourselves unless we include others.

And I think we understand we cannot make social change for all workers until we have enough strength, membership strength, and at the same time having membership strength and only making change for a limited group of workers is not what our country really needs for people that work.

We believe in loving our brothers regardless of race, color or creed and we believe in showing this love by working for better conditions immediately and the ultimate owning by the workers of their means of production.

Trade unions are a force for good - a force for a more equal society.

The question is always 'What is the role of a labor movement?' How much is about collective bargaining, how much is about social change for all workers?

To the ordinary working man, the sort you would meet in any pub on Saturday night, Socialism does not mean much more than better wages and shorter hours and nobody bossing you about.

Let him who will, be he economic tyrant or sordid mercenary, pit his strength against this mighty upsurge of human sentiment now being crystallized in the hearts of thirty million workers who clamor for the establishment of industrial democracy and for participation in its tangible fruits. He is a madman of a fool who believes that this river of human sentiment can be damned.

I absolutely believe that we're the workers' party. We are the party that has always been at the forefront of the big social changes that have promoted women and working people.

I am on the side of the working person across the country.

As we say we fight for working people, we have to make sure our policies reflect that.

I will stand with the working-class citizens over all else.

I will strengthen our unions and our middle-class families so that no longer will they be pushed around by employers but will finally have a seat at the table.

I believe in capitalism for everybody, not necessarily high finance but capitalism that works for the working men and women of this country who are out there paddling alone in America right now.

I have been very interested in labor movement. If I could have wished another life, I would have loved to be a pioneer woman in the beginning of labor movement.

I think organized labor is a necessary part of democracy. Organized labor is the only way to have fair distribution of wealth.

Only with the tools of production in their own hands could the workers ever hope to control their own lives and receive the fruits of their labor.

Out of labor's struggle in Arizona came better conditions for the workers, who must everywhere, at all times, under advantage and disadvantage work out their own salvation.

It is we the workers who built these palaces and cities here in Spain and in America and everywhere. We, the workers, can build others to take their place. And better ones! We are not in the least afraid of ruins.

Workers have kept faith in American institutions. Most of the conflicts, which have occurred have been when labor's right to live has been challenged and denied.

Ensuring fairness in the American workplace should be a cornerstone of our economic policy.

True Americanism recognizes the enormous gravity of the social and labor problems which confront us.