I dread success. To have succeeded is to have finished one's business on earth, like the male spider, who is killed by the female the moment he has succeeded in his courtship. I like a state of continual becoming, with a goal in front and not behind.

George Bernard Shaw

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Topic

Goals

Author

George Bernard Shaw

Source

Letters of George Bernard Shaw

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1896 1890s 19th century

Occupation

Playwright Writer

From

Ireland Europe

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Citation

Shaw, George Bernard. Letter to Ellen Terry. 28 Aug. 1896.

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To protect the workers in their inalienable rights to a higher and better life; to protect them, not only as equals before the law, but also in their health, their homes, their firesides, their liberties as men, as workers, and as citizens; to overcome and conquer prejudice and antagonism; to secure to them the right to life, and the opportunity to maintain that life; the right to be full sharers in the abundance which is the result of their brain and brawn, and the civilization of which they are the founders and the mainstay... The attainment of these is the glorious mission of the trade unions.

Samuel Gompers

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Topic
Workers Trade unions
Speaker
Samuel Gompers
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Language
English
Time
1898 1890s 19th century
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Original Citation

Gompers, Samuel. "Trade Unions - Their Philosophy." Jan. 1898, USA. Speech.

Current Citation

Gompers, Samuel. Quoted in The State and the Unions, written by Christopher Tomlins. Cambridge University Press, 1985, ch. 3.