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Samuel Gompers Quotes

You can’t do it unless you organize Picture Quote #1

[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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Doing for people what they can and ought to do for themselves is a dangerous experiment Picture Quote #1

The periods of unemployment accompanying depression in the business cycle... present a challenge to all our claims to progress, humanity, and civilization Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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The labor of a human being is not a commodity or article of commerce Picture Quote #1

It is impossible for capitalists and laborers to have common interests Picture Quote #1

No lasting gain has ever come from compulsion Picture Quote #1

No race of barbarians ever existed yet offered up children for money Picture Quote #1

There is not a right too long denied to which we do not aspire in order to achieve; there is not a wrong too long endured that we are not determined to abolish Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

The worst crime against working people is a company which fails to operate at a profit Picture Quote #1

Where trade unions are most firmly organized, there are the rights of the people most respected Picture Quote #1

A movement of the working people, for the working people, by the working people, governed by ourselves, with its policies determined by ourselves Picture Quote #1

We do want more, and when it becomes more, we shall still want more. And we shall never cease to demand more until we have received the results of our labor Picture Quote #1

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Workingmen are at the foundation of society. 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 Picture Quote #1

What does labor want? We want more schoolhouses and less jails; more books and less arsenals; more learning and less vice; more leisure and less greed; more justice and less revenge; in fact, more of the opportunities to cultivate our better natures, to make manhood more noble, womanhood more beautiful, and childhood more happy and bright Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

There are such wonderful possibilities in the life of each man and woman! No human being is unimportant. My inspiration comes in opening opportunities that all alike may be free to live life to the fullest Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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Why should the wealth of the country be stored in banks and elevators while the idle workman wanders homeless about the streets and the idle loafers who hoard the gold only to spend it on riotous living are rolling about in fine carriages from which they look out on peaceful meetings and call them riots? Picture Quote #1

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, 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 Picture Quote #1

Our movement is of the working people, for the working people, by the working people... There is not a right too long denied to which we do not aspire in order to achieve; there is not a wrong too long endured that we are not determined to abolish Picture Quote #1

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You can’t do it unless you organize (Samuel Gompers Quotes) [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 (Samuel Gompers Quotes) 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 (Samuel Gompers Quotes) Doing for people what they can and ought to do for themselves is a dangerous experiment (Samuel Gompers Quotes) The periods of unemployment accompanying depression in the business cycle... present a challenge to all our claims to progress, humanity, and civilization (Samuel Gompers Quotes) 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 (Samuel Gompers Quotes) The labor of a human being is not a commodity or article of commerce (Samuel Gompers Quotes) It is impossible for capitalists and laborers to have common interests (Samuel Gompers Quotes) No lasting gain has ever come from compulsion (Samuel Gompers Quotes) No race of barbarians ever existed yet offered up children for money (Samuel Gompers Quotes) There is not a right too long denied to which we do not aspire in order to achieve; there is not a wrong too long endured that we are not determined to abolish (Samuel Gompers Quotes) 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 (Samuel Gompers Quotes) 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 (Samuel Gompers Quotes) 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 (Samuel Gompers Quotes) The worst crime against working people is a company which fails to operate at a profit (Samuel Gompers Quotes) Where trade unions are most firmly organized, there are the rights of the people most respected (Samuel Gompers Quotes) A movement of the working people, for the working people, by the working people, governed by ourselves, with its policies determined by ourselves (Samuel Gompers Quotes) We do want more, and when it becomes more, we shall still want more. And we shall never cease to demand more until we have received the results of our labor (Samuel Gompers Quotes) Workingmen are at the foundation of society. 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 Gompers Quotes) What does labor want? We want more schoolhouses and less jails; more books and less arsenals; more learning and less vice; more leisure and less greed; more justice and less revenge; in fact, more of the opportunities to cultivate our better natures, to make manhood more noble, womanhood more beautiful, and childhood more happy and bright (Samuel Gompers Quotes) 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 (Samuel Gompers Quotes) There are such wonderful possibilities in the life of each man and woman! No human being is unimportant. My inspiration comes in opening opportunities that all alike may be free to live life to the fullest (Samuel Gompers Quotes) 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 (Samuel Gompers Quotes) 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 Quotes) Why should the wealth of the country be stored in banks and elevators while the idle workman wanders homeless about the streets and the idle loafers who hoard the gold only to spend it on riotous living are rolling about in fine carriages from which they look out on peaceful meetings and call them riots? (Samuel Gompers Quotes) 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, 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 Gompers Quotes) Our movement is of the working people, for the working people, by the working people... There is not a right too long denied to which we do not aspire in order to achieve; there is not a wrong too long endured that we are not determined to abolish (Samuel Gompers Quotes)