The trade unions, far from being content with these declarations, established international liaisons and supported every policy based on pacification and understanding.

I would not go so far as to say that the French trade unions attached greater importance to the struggle for peace than the others did; but they certainly seemed to take it more to heart.

Happiness consists not in having much, but in being content with little.

On completion of my military service, I went back to the factory and to the trade union.

I can't live just being content. I can't have a routine. I can't be settled because then I just get really frustrated.

The working classes were becoming more and more sharply aware of the complex causes of international malaise.