We will pave the way for a transformation and roll back the years of Thatcherism...We will turn economic ruin into economic recovery, and above all p…

- Arthur Scargill

Contrast that with the call of the Liberal Democrats in April, when they were prepared to call upon the British people to participate in a 24-hour st…

- Arthur Scargill

Parliament itself would not exist in its present form had people not defied the law.

- Arthur Scargill

You may see the emergence of a new political party from the body of the trade union movement which represents a very clear-cut socialist alternative …

- Arthur Scargill

Only a fool wants a confrontation and only a fool wants a strike.

- Arthur Scargill

I have never been an idealist - that implies you aren't going to achieve something.

- Arthur Scargill

The trouble with the Labour Party leadership and the trade union leadership, they're quite willing to applaud millions on the streets of the Philippi…

- Arthur Scargill

All too often miners, and indeed other trade unionists, underestimate the economic strength they have.

- Arthur Scargill

I wouldn't vote for Ken Livingstone if he were running for mayor of Toytown.

- Arthur Scargill