Quotesia
Home
Authors
Popular authors
George Will
Charlotte Whitton
William Christopher Handy
Emily Carr
Francois Rabelais
Jack Welch
All authors
Today's birthdays
1879 - Will Rogers
1946 - Laura Bush
1946 - Robert Mapplethorpe
1862 - Eden Phillpotts
1916 - Walter Cronkite
1771 - James Montgomery
Today's birthdays
Popular professions
Businesswoman
Architect
Athlete
Psychologist
Author
President
All professions
Authors by letter
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
All authors
Topics
Top Quotes
Quotesia
Favorite authors
John Burns Quotes
John Burns Quotes
John Burns
English
Activist
Born:
Oct 20
,
1858
Died:
Jan 24
,
1943
Action
Am
Man
Me
Men
Will
Related authors:
Carne Ross
Catherine Booth
Charles Bradlaugh
Edward Carpenter
Emmeline Pankhurst
Florence Nightingale
Sylvia Pankhurst
Thomas Clarkson
Books are a real solace, friendships are good but action is better than all.
John Burns
Good
Better
Action
Solace
Books
Real
Friendships
Than
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.
John Burns
Work
Courage
Political
Men
Immediately
Possible
Moral
Administrative
Moral Courage
Ability
Only
Beyond
Because
Advocate
Opposition
Who
Received
Number
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.
John Burns
Future
Experience
Light
Will
Past
Adapting
High
Objects
Only
Ideals
Am
Doing
Continue
Reform
Done
Now
Ever
Present
The Thames is liquid history.
John Burns
History
Thames
Liquid
I recognise that Socialism has ended its purely theoretical course, and that the hour to construct has come.
John Burns
Socialism
Recognise
Purely
Construct
Come
Hour
Course
Ended
Theoretical
Individual effort is almost relatively impossible to cope with the big problem of poverty as we see it.
John Burns
Problem
Impossible
Poverty
Big
Relatively
See
Individual
Almost
Effort
Big Problem
Cope
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.
John Burns
Morning
Me
You
Before
Manners
Collars
Characters
Morals
Clean
Come
Hands
Want
Tongues
I don't want boys to use their pencils for improper writing.
John Burns
Writing
Pencils
Boy
Want
Use
I am depressed rather at the wave of brutality sweeping over the country.
John Burns
Country
Wave
Rather
Brutality
Over
Am
Depressed
Sweeping
Why four great powers should fight over Serbia no fellow can understand.
John Burns
Great
Fight
Over
Fellow
Powers
Understand
Should
Serbia
Why
Four
My duty is clear and at all costs will be done.
John Burns
Will
Duty
Costs
Clear
Done
The men who made the war were profuse in their praises of the man who kicked the P.M. out of his office and now degrades by his disloyal, dishonest and lying presence the greatest office in the State.
John Burns
War
Man
Made
Men
Lying
State
Kicked
Out
Greatest
Praises
Were
His
Office
Dishonest
Disloyal
Who
Now
Presence
The Gentlemen of England serve under the greatest cad in Europe.
John Burns
Gentlemen
Greatest
England
Europe
Serve
I believe, however, that impending events will call us and we must respond but where, with whom, and how?
John Burns
Events
Will
Believe
Respond
Must
Impending
Call
How
However
Where
Us
Whom
No more John Burns quotes
Haven't find the right quote? Try quotes from authors related to John Burns.
Carne Ross
Catherine Booth
Charles Bradlaugh
Edward Carpenter