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George Meany Biography

William George Meany (August 16, 1894 – January 10, 1980) was an American labor union leader for 57 years. He was the key figure in the creation of the AFL-CIO and served as the AFL-CIO's first president, from 1955 to 1979.

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Anybody who has doubts about the ingenuity or the resourcefulness of a plumber never got a bill from one.

Bill, Bills, Doubt, Ingenuity, Resourcefulness

One cannot have a trade union or a democratic election without freedom of speech, freedom of association and assembly. Without a democratic election, whereby people choose and remove their rulers, there is no method of securing human rights against the state. No democracy without human rights, no human rights without democracy, and no trade union rights without either. That is our belief; that is our creed.

Democratic, Freedom, Freedom Of Speech, People, Rights, Speech

It is impossible to bargain collectively with the government.

Bargain, Bargains, Collectively, Government, Impossible

Every piece of progressive social legislation passed by Congress in the 20th century bears a union label.

Congress, Label, Labels, Pieces, Struggle, Union

We heard from the abortionists and we heard from the people who looked like Jacks, acted like Jills and had the odors of Johns.

Acted, Heard, Odor, People

The one profession where you can gain great eminence without ever being right.

Economics, Eminence, Gain, Gains, Profession, Right

The basic goal of labor will not change. It is - as it has always been, and I am sure always will be - to better the standards of life for all who work for wages and to seek decency and justice and dignity for all Americans.

Dignity Of Work, Goal, Justice, Seek, Standards, Work

Economics was the only profession where a person could be considered an expert without having once been right.

Considered, Economics, Expert, Experts, Financial

Labor never quits. We never give up the fight - no matter how tough the odds, no matter how long it takes.

Fighting, Giving Up, Labor, Matter, Odds, Tough

The most persistent threat to freedom, to the rights of Americans, is fear.

Americans, Freedom, Persistent, Rights, Threat

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