Samuel Gompers

Show me the country that has no strikes and I'll show you the country in which there is no liberty.

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Where trade unions are most firmly organized, there are the rights of the people most respected.

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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.

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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.

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The worst crime against working people is a company which fails to operate at a profit.

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Quotes by Samuel Gompers