Ernest Bevin Quotes

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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• 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
  • Fighting
  • Leaders
  • Workers