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One fact stands out in bold relief in the history of man’s attempts for betterment. That is that when compulsion is used, only resentment is aroused, and the end is not gained. Only through moral suasion and appeal to man’s reason can a movement succeed.

Samuel Gompers

One fact stands out in bold relief in the history of man’s attempts for betterment. That is that when compulsion is used, only resentment is aroused, and the end is not gained. Only through moral suasion and appeal to man’s reason can a movement succeed.
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The working people know no country. They are citizens of the world.
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Citizen Country Know People World
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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Amn Battle Conflict Connect Degree Holiday Less Man Other Over Power Race
The labor of a human being is not a commodity or article of commerce.
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Article Commerce Commodity Human Being Labor
Where trade unions are most firmly organized, there are the rights of the people most respected.
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Firmly Most Organization People Respect Right Trade Union
Doing for people what they can and ought to do for themselves is a dangerous experiment.
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Dangerous Done Experiment Fads Ought People Themselves
So long as there is one [person] who seeks employment and cannot find it, the hours of work are too long.
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Employment Find Hour Long Seek Work
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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Been Freedom Granted Order People Please Press Say Speech Thing
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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Actuated Decision Inspire Long Principle Service Spirit Voluntary Wise
Labor Day is devoted to no man, living or dead, to no sect, race or nation.
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Art Day Dead Devoted Labor Living Men Nation No Race
Time is the most valuable thing on earth: time to think, time to act, time to extend our fraternal relations, time to become better men, time to become better women, time to become better and more independent citizens.
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Bvaluable Earth Fraternal Independent Men Out Relation Thinking Time
In the last analysis, the welfare of the workers depends upon their own initiative. Whatever is done under the guise of philanthropy or social morality which in any way lessens initiative is the greatest crime that can be committed against the toilers.
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Analyse Committed Crime Depend Gret Guise Initiative Matter Social Toiler
There may be here and there a worker who for certain reasons unexplainable to us does not join a union of labor. That is his right. It is his legal right, no matter how morally wrong he may be. It is his legal right, and no one can or dare question his exercise of that legal right.
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Certain Exercise Join Labor Reason Unexplainable Union Worker
No lasting gain has ever come from compulsion.
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Come Compulsion Ever Gain Lasting
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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Arbitration Believe Found Inside Lamb Lion Morning Umpires
Our mission has been the protection of the wage-worker, now; to increase his wages; to cut hours off the long workday, which was killing him; to improve the safety and the sanitary conditions of the workshop.
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Cut Cutting Hour Increase Long Mission Now Protection Safety Wage Workday Kill Worker

One fact stands out in bold relief in the history of man’s attempts for betterment. That is that when compulsion is used, only resentment is aroused, and the end is not gained. Only through moral suasion and appeal to man’s reason can a movement succeed.

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One fact stands out in bold relief in the history of man’s attempts for betterment. That is that when compulsion is used, only resentment is aroused, and the end is not gained. Only through moral suasion and appeal to man’s reason can a movement succeed.

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