"There’s a feeling that strength is determined by the size of a union. That clearly is nonsense." ― Arthur Scargill Topic(s): Strength More From Arthur Scargill "Yet what you need is not marches, demonstrations, rallies or wide associations, all of them are important. What you need is direct action. The sooner people understand that, the sooner we’ll begin to change things." "The trouble with the Labour Party leadership and the trade union leadership, they’re quite willing to applaud millions on the streets of the Philippines or in Eastern Europe, without understanding the need to also produce millions of people on the streets of Britain." "All too often miners, and indeed other trade unionists, underestimate the economic strength they have." More In Strength "I know who my dad is, I’ve met him a few times, but I don’t even call him dad. I know it sounds horrible, but I don’t even see him as part of my family, to be honest. If you want the truth, it doesn’t bother me because I don’t know any different. I just know that me and my mum, that was my family."― Sally Pearson "I had no doubts I could go to the pole. I may not be as strong, but I make up for physical strength in other areas, like steadiness and not panicking under stress."― Ann Bancroft "He knows not his own strength that hath not met adversity."― Cesare Pavese