W.Z. Foster {head of the American Communist Party}, who had no money, went to Moscow and came back and announced that he was building a great secret machine to undermine the American labor movement and turn it over to the Red International, owned by Lenin.
SAMUEL GOMPERSTo free him from the tyrannies, petty or otherwise, which served to make his existence a slavery.
More Samuel Gompers Quotes
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You can’t do it unless you organize.
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The labor of a human being is not a commodity or article of commerce.
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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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Labor Day is 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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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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The working people know no country. They are citizens of the world.
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We will stand by our friends and administer a stinging rebuke to men or parties who are either indifferent, negligent, or hostile, and, wherever opportunity affords, to secure the election of intelligent, honest, earnest trade unionists, with clear, unblemished, paid-up union cards in their possession.
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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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No lasting gain has ever come from compulsion.
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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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It is impossible for capitalists and laborers to have common interests.
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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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To make manhood more noble, womanhood more beautiful, and childhood more happy and bright.
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Our movement is of the working people, for the working people, by the working people. . . .
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