Legislation has been and is still directed towards the protection of wealth, rather than towards the far more important interests of labor on which everything of value to mankind depends.

Quote by Leland Stanford

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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.

Laboring men can perform for themselves the office of becoming their own employers.

Laboring men can perform for themselves the office of becoming their own employers.

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...

The right of each individual in any relation to secure to himself the full benefits...

The right of each individual in any relation to secure to himself the full benefits...

In a condition of society and under an industrial organization which places labor completely at...

In a condition of society and under an industrial organization which places labor completely at...

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...

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...

Labor can and will become its own employer through co-operative association.

Labor can and will become its own employer through co-operative association.

From my earliest acquaintance with the science of political economy, it has been evident to...

From my earliest acquaintance with the science of political economy, it has been evident to...

Many writers upon the science of political economy have declared that it is the duty...

Many writers upon the science of political economy have declared that it is the duty...

I have always been fully persuaded that, through co-operation, labor could become its own employer.

I have always been fully persuaded that, through co-operation, labor could become its own employer.

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.

Each individual member of a co-operative society works with that interest which is inseparable from...

Each individual member of a co-operative society works with that interest which is inseparable from...

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...

All legislative experiments in the way of making forcible distribution of the wealth produced in...

All legislative experiments in the way of making forcible distribution of the wealth produced in...

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,...

There is no reason why the women of the country should not greatly advance themselves.

There is no reason why the women of the country should not greatly advance themselves.

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...

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 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,...