All legislative experiments in the way of making forcible distribution of the wealth produced in any country have failed.

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The great advantage to labor arising out of co-operative effort has been apparent to me...

The great advantage to labor arising out of co-operative effort has been apparent to me...

The real conflict, if any exists, is between two industrial systems.

The real conflict, if any exists, is between two industrial systems.

The country blacksmith who employs no journeyman is never conscious of any conflict between the...

The country blacksmith who employs no journeyman is never conscious of any conflict between the...

Each co-operative institution will become a school of business in which each member will acquire...

Each co-operative institution will become a school of business in which each member will acquire...

I want, in this school, that one sex shall have equal advantage with the other,...

I want, in this school, that one sex shall have equal advantage with the other,...

Government itself is founded upon the great doctrine of the consent of the governed, and...

Government itself is founded upon the great doctrine of the consent of the governed, and...

Every thoughtful and kind-hearted person must regard with interest any device or plan which promises...

Every thoughtful and kind-hearted person must regard with interest any device or plan which promises...

A man's sentiments are generally just and right, while it is second selfish thought which...

A man's sentiments are generally just and right, while it is second selfish thought which...

Money is the great tool through whose means labor and skill become universally co-operative.

Money is the great tool through whose means labor and skill become universally co-operative.

Legislation has been and is still directed towards the protection of wealth, rather than towards...

Legislation has been and is still directed towards the protection of wealth, rather than towards...

When money is controlled by a few it gives that few an undue power and...

When money is controlled by a few it gives that few an undue power and...

The only distribution of wealth which is the product of labor, which will be honest,...

The only distribution of wealth which is the product of labor, which will be honest,...

It is probable that for a long time to come the mass of mankind in...

It is probable that for a long time to come the mass of mankind in...

In a very alert and bright state of society people learn co-operation by themselves, but...

In a very alert and bright state of society people learn co-operation by themselves, but...

There would be no idling in a co-operative workshop. Each workman, being an employer, has...

There would be no idling in a co-operative workshop. Each workman, being an employer, has...

I am in favor of carrying out the Declaration of Independence to women as well...

I am in favor of carrying out the Declaration of Independence to women as well...

The employer class is less indispensable in the modern organization of industries because the laboring...

The employer class is less indispensable in the modern organization of industries because the laboring...

The rights of one sex, political and otherwise, are the same as those of the...

The rights of one sex, political and otherwise, are the same as those of the...

The seeming antagonism between capital and labor is the result of deceptive appearance.

The seeming antagonism between capital and labor is the result of deceptive appearance.

In the unrest of the masses I augur great good. It is by their realizing...

In the unrest of the masses I augur great good. It is by their realizing...