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I neither drink nor smoke, because my schoolmaster impressed upon me three cardinal virtues; cleanliness in person, cleanliness in mind; temperance.

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The Thames is liquid history.

~John Burns

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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.

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I recognise that Socialism has ended its purely theoretical course, and that the hour to construct has come.

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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.

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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.

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Judge men less by the labels they wear than by their persistent labour for sure if slow progress.

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Individual effort is almost relatively impossible to cope with the big problem of poverty as we see it.

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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.

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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.

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Activist

Born: October 20th, 1858

Died: January 24th, 1943

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