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John Burns quotes

English Activist October 20, 1858 – January 24, 1943

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John Burns quote: "Books are a real solace, friendships are good but action is..."
Books are a real solace, friendships are good but action is better than all. John Burns
John Burns quote: "I am depressed rather at the wave of brutality sweeping over..."
I am depressed rather at the wave of brutality sweeping over the country. John Burns
You come before me this morning with clean hands and clean collars. I want you to have clean tongues, clean manners, clean morals and clean characters. John Burns
John Burns quote: "For the moment and for some time great events have been denied..."
For the moment and for some time great events have been denied me, forward action not come my way. John Burns
In this work I have received the opposition of a number of men who only advocate the unobtainable because the immediately possible is beyond their moral courage, administrative ability, and their political prescience. John Burns
John Burns quote: "Why four great powers should fight over Serbia no fellow can..."
Why four great powers should fight over Serbia no fellow can understand. John Burns
I am only doing now what I have ever done; and ever will continue to do - that is adapting past experience to present reform in the light of high ideals and future objects. John Burns
I neither drink nor smoke, because my schoolmaster impressed upon me three cardinal virtues; cleanliness in person, cleanliness in mind; temperance. John Burns
I want the municipality to be a helping hand to the man with a desire of sympathy, to help the fallen when it is not in their power to help themselves. John Burns
The men who made the war were profuse in their praises of the man who kicked the P.M. out of his office and now degrades by his disloyal, dishonest and lying presence the greatest office in the State. John Burns
I must firmly adhere to the views I have held and practice, that Socialism to succeed must be practical, tolerant, cohesive and consciously compromising with Progressive forces running, if not so far, in parallel lines towards its own goal. John Burns
John Burns quote: "Don't hustle old people."
Don't hustle old people. John Burns
John Burns quote: "Judge men less by the labels they wear than by their..."
Judge men less by the labels they wear than by their persistent labour for sure if slow progress. John Burns
John Burns quote: "I don't want boys to use their pencils for improper writing."
I don't want boys to use their pencils for improper writing. John Burns
John Burns quote: "I am not ashamed to say that I am the son of a washerwoman."
I am not ashamed to say that I am the son of a washerwoman. John Burns

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