The worst crime against working people is a company which fails to operate at a profit.
SAMUEL GOMPERSThe 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.
More Samuel Gompers Quotes
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Labor Day is devoted to no man, living or dead, to no sect, race or nation.
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You can’t do it unless you organize.
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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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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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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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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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You can’t weigh the soul of a man with a bar of pig-iron.
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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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No race of barbarians ever existed yet offered up children for money
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It is impossible for capitalists and laborers to have common interests.
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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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Where trade unions are most firmly organized, there are the rights of the people most respected.
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No human being is unimportant. My inspiration comes in opening opportunities that all alike may be free to live life to the fullest.
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Workingmen are at the foundation of society.
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Our movement is of the working people, for the working people, by the working people. . . .
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