Doing for people what they can and ought to do for themselves is a dangerous experiment. 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. Let social busybodies and professional "public morals experts" in their fads reflect upon the perils they rashly invite under this pretense of social welfare.
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,… - 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,…
- Samuel Gompers
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 … - Samuel Gompers
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 …
No lasting gain has ever come from compulsion. - Samuel Gompers
No lasting gain has ever come from compulsion.
Where trade unions are most firmly organized, there are the rights of the people most respected. - Samuel Gompers
Where trade unions are most firmly organized, there are the rights of the people most respected.
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 … - Samuel Gompers
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 …
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 a… - Samuel Gompers
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 a…
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 wil… - Samuel Gompers
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 wil…
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 p… - Samuel Gompers
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 p…
[The labor movement is] a movement of the working people, for the working people, by the working people, governed by ourselves, with its policies det… - Samuel Gompers
[The labor movement is] a movement of the working people, for the working people, by the working people, governed by ourselves, with its policies det…
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