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John Burns
English
Activist
About the author
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,
English
Activist
#Work
#Ability
#Men
#Opposition
#Courage
Books are a real solace, friendships are good but action is better than all.
John Burns,
English
Activist
#Action
#Books
I am not ashamed to say that I am the son of a washerwoman.
John Burns,
English
Activist
#Son
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,
English
Activist
#Now
#Will
#Past
#Light
#Experience
#Present
#Reform
#Future
#Ideals
I believe, however, that impending events will call us and we must respond but where, with whom, and how?
John Burns,
English
Activist
#Will
#Events
I don't want boys to use their pencils for improper writing.
John Burns,
English
Activist
#Want
#Writing
#Boys
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,
English
Activist
#Practice
#Succeed
#Goal
#Socialism
#Running
I neither drink nor smoke, because my schoolmaster impressed upon me three cardinal virtues; cleanliness in person, cleanliness in mind; temperance.
John Burns,
English
Activist
#Mind
#Temperance
#Cleanliness
For the moment and for some time great events have been denied me, forward action not come my way.
John Burns,
English
Activist
#Action
#Time
#Events
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,
English
Activist
#Want
#Man
#Power
#Help
#Desire
#Sympathy
Don't hustle old people.
John Burns,
English
Activist
#People
#Old
Individual effort is almost relatively impossible to cope with the big problem of poverty as we see it.
John Burns,
English
Activist
#Poverty
#Effort
Judge men less by the labels they wear than by their persistent labour for sure if slow progress.
John Burns,
English
Activist
#Men
#Progress
My duty is clear and at all costs will be done.
John Burns,
English
Activist
#Will
#Duty
The Gentlemen of England serve under the greatest cad in Europe.
John Burns,
English
Activist
#EnglEurope
#Gentlemen
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,
English
Activist
#Now
#War
#State
#Man
#Men
#Office
#Lying
The Thames is liquid history.
John Burns,
English
Activist
#History
Why four great powers should fight over Serbia no fellow can understand.
John Burns,
English
Activist
#Fight
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,
English
Activist
#Want
#Morals
#Manners
I recognise that Socialism has ended its purely theoretical course, and that the hour to construct has come.
John Burns,
English
Activist
#Socialism
I am depressed rather at the wave of brutality sweeping over the country.
John Burns,
English
Activist
#Country