"People must learn more and more that the strength of this country is the democratic power of the trade union movement"

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Source : Morning Star, 1976.

Michael Foot

#Country Quotes #People Quotes #Movement Quotes

“The frequent repetition of miracles serves to provoke, where it does not subdue, the reason of mankind....”
“Why were my visitors so secretive, hiding themselves behind my consciousness. I could only conclude that they were using me and did not want me to know why...What if they were dangerous? Then I was terribly dangerous because I was playing a role in acclimatizing people to them.”
“I'd studied dance in Chicago every summer and taught it all winter, and I was well-rounded. I wasn't worried about getting a job on Broadway. In fact, I got one the first week.”
“Gardening is the only unquestionably useful job.”
“But we never tell the truth. We cannot properly 'tell' the truth, because our words are crude tools to express something, 'the truth', which may well exist, but which we cannot define.”
“The Divine rejoices in your being happy. God, or the Creation, is so happy when you are happy. When you dance, sing, and jump up and down happily, that is true prayer, that is true meditation. Meditation is a fountain of joy, an ecstasy; and Divine enjoys that more. Divine is not fond of your suffering.”
“If you keep your mouth shut you will never put your foot in it.”
“I'm a dad and that's pretty important.”

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