Leon Jouhaux ,quotes

In the report made on behalf ...

In the report made on behalf of the C.G.T. we affirmed that the Peace Treaty should, in accordance with the spirit of workers' organizations, lay the first foundations of the United States of Europe.

Leon Jouhaux 10.08.2025 21:09:31 19 quotes

From 1918 on, trade unionists...

From 1918 on, trade unionists were to express from the platforms of their congresses the workers' desire for peace through a rational organization of the world.

Leon Jouhaux 10.08.2025 21:09:31 19 quotes

Furthermore, it is not distor...

Furthermore, it is not distorting history to say that it was largely through the efforts and propaganda of our International Federation that the government of the U.S.S.R. was recognized by the majority of the great powers.

Leon Jouhaux 10.08.2025 21:09:31 19 quotes

We too, through lack of knowl...

We too, through lack of knowledge and of sufficiently mature reflection, mistook the visible outward appearance of the phenomenon for the phenomenon itself.

Leon Jouhaux 10.08.2025 21:09:31 19 quotes

At Leeds the idea of an inter...

At Leeds the idea of an international labour organization appeared in a trade-union text which also drew attention to the danger to the working classes inherent in the existence of international capitalist competition.

Leon Jouhaux 10.08.2025 21:09:31 19 quotes

I would not go so far as to s...

I would not go so far as to say that the French trade unions attached greater importance to the struggle for peace than the others did; but they certainly seemed to take it more to heart.

Leon Jouhaux 10.08.2025 21:09:31 19 quotes

Expressing the thoughts of my...

Expressing the thoughts of my comrades, I suggested, among other means, the organization of an international information service on inventories, on production, and on the needs of the various countries for raw materials.

Leon Jouhaux 10.08.2025 21:09:31 19 quotes

My parents, and especially my...

My parents, and especially my mother, encouraged by the director of the local school which I was attending, wanted in spite of everything to send me to a National School of Arts and Crafts so that I could later become an engineer.

Leon Jouhaux 10.08.2025 21:09:31 19 quotes

This disaster did not force u...

This disaster did not force us to abandon our ideal; on the contrary, from the very first months of the conflict, it led us to define precisely the conditions for its realization.

Leon Jouhaux 10.08.2025 21:09:31 19 quotes

This led me to understand tha...

This led me to understand that trade unionism, the instrument of working-class liberation and of social change could, and indeed should, be also an instrument of industrial progress.

Leon Jouhaux 10.08.2025 21:09:31 19 quotes

True enough, nature has endowe...

True enough, nature has endowed me with a fair measure of patience and composure, yet I should be lying if I told you that, having seen the reporter off on his way to make his deadline, I fell peacefully asleep.

Leon Jouhaux 03.03.2018 03:03:03 19 quotes

This disaster did not force us...

This disaster did not force us to abandon our ideal; on the contrary, from the very first months of the conflict, it led us to define precisely the conditions for its realization.

Leon Jouhaux 03.03.2018 03:03:03 19 quotes

This led me to understand that...

This led me to understand that trade unionism, the instrument of working-class liberation and of social change could, and indeed should, be also an instrument of industrial progress.

Leon Jouhaux 03.03.2018 03:03:03 19 quotes

We too, through lack of knowle...

We too, through lack of knowledge and of sufficiently mature reflection, mistook the visible outward appearance of the phenomenon for the phenomenon itself.

Leon Jouhaux 03.03.2018 03:03:03 19 quotes

We too, through lack of knowle...

We too, through lack of knowledge and of sufficiently mature reflection, mistook the visible outward appearance of the phenomenon for the phenomenon itself.

Leon Jouhaux 03.08.2009 16:50:18 19 quotes

True enough, nature has endowe...

Leon Jouhaux 03.08.2009 16:49:56 19 quotes

This led me to understand that...

This led me to understand that trade unionism, the instrument of working-class liberation and of social change could, and indeed should, be also an instrument of industrial progress.

Leon Jouhaux 03.08.2009 16:49:14 19 quotes

This disaster did not force us...

This disaster did not force us to abandon our ideal; on the contrary, from the very first months of the conflict, it led us to define precisely the conditions for its realization.

Leon Jouhaux 03.08.2009 16:48:55 19 quotes

The working classes were becom...

The working classes were becoming more and more sharply aware of the complex causes of international malaise.

Leon Jouhaux 03.08.2009 16:48:34 19 quotes

The trade unions, far from bei...

The trade unions, far from being content with these declarations, established international liaisons and supported every policy based on pacification and understanding.

Leon Jouhaux 03.08.2009 16:48:12 19 quotes

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