Harry Bridges quotes

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)
I'm a working stiff. I just happened to be around at the right time, and nobody else wanted the job. View quote
Harry Bridges
I'm a machine man, and I head a machine. View quote
Harry Bridges
There is a weapon we can fight with. That is the weapon of political action. View quote
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. View quote
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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. View quote
Harry Bridges

Harry Bridges

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Photo: Harold Ellwood, CC BY 4.0
Occupation: American Activist
Born: July 28, 1901
Died: March 30, 1990
Quotes count: 6