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"We have to reassert the sovereignty of people above profits in America."

— Walter Reuther

January 1, 1970

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Activists from the United States Civil rights activists Labor activists People from West Virginia Former socialists

Original Language: English

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Opening address of the twelfth constitutional convention of the UAW, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, July 10, 1949, as quoted in Walter P Reuther: Selected Papers (1961), by Henry M. Christman, p. 43 thumb|We must learn to judge people, not by their color or race or creed, but rather by their worth as human beings.

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Opening address of the twelfth constitutional convention of the UAW, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, July 10, 1949, as quoted in Walter P Reuther: Selected Papers (1961), by Henry M. Christman, p. 43 thumb|We must learn to judge people, not by their color or race or creed, but rather by their worth as human beings.