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.
SAMUEL GOMPERSTo free him from the tyrannies, petty or otherwise, which served to make his existence a slavery.
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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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Doing for people what they can and ought to do for themselves is a dangerous experiment.
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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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To free him from the tyrannies, petty or otherwise, which served to make his existence a slavery.
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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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Labor Day is devoted to no man, living or dead, to no sect, race or nation.
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The labor of a human being is not a commodity or article of commerce.
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No race of barbarians ever existed yet offered up children for money
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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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It is impossible for capitalists and laborers to have common interests.
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The worst crime against working people is a company which fails to operate at a profit.
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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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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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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 labor movement is] a movement of the working people, for the working people, by the working people, governed by ourselves, with its policies determined by ourselves.
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