“ The ideal social state is not that in which each gets an equal amount of wealth, but in which each gets in proportion to his contribution to the general stock. ”
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“ There is danger in reckless change; but greater danger in blind conservatism. ”
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“ Let no man imagine that he has no influence. Whoever he may be, and where ever he may be placed, the man who thinks becomes a light and a power. ”
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“ Capital is a result of labor. It is used by labor to assist it in further production. Labor is the active and initial force; labor is therefore the employer of capital. ”
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“ Poverty is the openmouthed relentless hell which yawns beneath civilized society. And it is hell enough. ”
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“ The man who gives me employment, which I must have or suffer, that man is my master, let me call him what I will. ”
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“ That which is unjust can really profit no one; that which is just can really harm no one. ”
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“ The march of invention has clothed mankind with powers of which a century ago the boldest imagination could not have dreamt. ”
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“ The equal right of all men to the use of land is as clear as their equal right to breathe the air - it is a right proclaimed by the fact of their existence. For we cannot suppose that some men have a right to be in this world, and others no right. ”
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“ There can be to the ownership of anything no rightful title which is not derived from the title of the producer and does not rest upon the natural right of the man to himself. ”
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“ How vainly shall we endeavor to repress crime by our barbarous punishment of the poorer class of criminals so long as children are reared in the brutalizing influences of poverty, so long as the bite of want drives men to crime. ”
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“ Compare society to a boat. Her progress through the water will not depend upon the exertion of her crew, but upon the exertion devoted to propelling her. This will be lessened by any expenditure of force in fighting among themselves, or in pulling in different directions. ”
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“ How vainly shall we endeavor to repress crime by our barbarous punishment of the poorer class of criminals so long as children are reared in the brutalizing influences of poverty, so long as the bite of want drives men to crime. ”
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“ Compare society to a boat. Her progress through the water will not depend upon the exertion of her crew, but upon the exertion devoted to propelling her. This will be lessened by any expenditure of force in fighting among themselves, or in pulling in different directions. ”
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“ The man who gives me employment, which I must have or suffer, that man is my master, let me call him what I will. ”
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“ Let no man imagine that he has no influence. Whoever he may be, and where ever he may be placed, the man who thinks becomes a light and a power. ”
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“ How vainly shall we endeavor to repress crime by our barbarous punishment of the poorer class of criminals so long as children are reared in the brutalizing influences of poverty, so long as the bite of want drives men to crime. ”
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“ Boldness in business is the first, second, and third thing. ”
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“ Compare society to a boat. Her progress through the water will not depend upon the exertion of her crew, but upon the exertion devoted to propelling her. This will be lessened by any expenditure of force in fighting among themselves, or in pulling in different directions. ”
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“ We cannot safely leave politics to politicians, or political economy to college professors. The people themselves must think, because the people alone can act. ”
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“ The methods by which a trade union can alone act, are necessarily destructive; its organization is necessarily tyrannical. ”
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“ For every social wrong there must be a remedy. But the remedy can be nothing less than the abolition of the wrong. ”
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“ It is but a truism that labor is most productive where its wages are largest. Poorly paid labor is inefficient labor, the world over. ”
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“ There is danger in reckless change; but greater danger in blind conservatism. ”
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“ There is danger in reckless change, but greater danger in blind conservatism. ”
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“ Going to work for a large company is like getting on a train. Are you going sixty miles an hour or is the train going sixty miles an hour and you're just sitting still? ”
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“ Man is the only animal whose desires increase as they are fed; the only animal that is never satisfied. ”
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