Show me that product of human endeavor in the making of which the workingman has had no share, and I will show you something that society can well dispense with.
SAMUEL GOMPERSLabor Day is devoted to no man, living or dead, to no sect, race or nation.
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Labor Day is devoted to no man, living or dead, to no sect, race or nation.
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The freedom of speech and the freedom of the press have not been granted to the people in order that they may say things which please, and which are based upon accepted thought, but the right to say the things which displease.
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The man who has his millions will want everything he can lay his hands on and then raise his voice against the poor devil who wants ten cents more a day.
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The working people know no country. They are citizens of the world.
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All other holidays are in a more or less degree connected with conflicts and battles of man’s prowess over man, of strife and discord for greed and power, of glories achieved by one nation over another. Labor Dayis devoted to no man, living or dead, to no sect, race, or nation.
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Show me the country that has no strikes and I’ll show you the country in which there is no liberty.
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The right to say the things which convey the new and yet unexpected thoughts, the right to say things, even though they do a wrong.
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So long as we have held fast to voluntary principles and have been actuated and inspired by the spirit of service.
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To free him from the tyrannies, petty or otherwise, which served to make his existence a slavery.
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No lasting gain has ever come from compulsion.
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The trade union movement represents the organized economic power of the workers… It is in reality the most potent and the most direct social insurance the workers can establish.
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You can’t weigh the soul of a man with a bar of pig-iron.
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Do I believe in arbitration? I do. But not in arbitration between the lion and the lamb, in which the lamb is in the morning found inside the lion
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Workingmen are at the foundation of society.
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To be free, the workers must have choice. To have choice they must retain in their own hands the right to determine under what conditions they will work.
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