Quote#Success & Failure
If the workers see themselves faced with defeat through starvation,…
Quote byErnest Bevin · 1881–1951
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Message to the American Federation of Labor appealing for help in the General Strike, quoted in New York World (10 May 1926).
English (original)
If the workers see themselves faced with defeat through starvation, they will prefer to go down fighting rather than fainting — and whether or not we leaders agree.
— Ernest Bevin
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