The worst crime against working people is a company which fails to operate at a profit.
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There is not a right too long denied to which we do not aspire in order to achieve; there is not a wrong too long endured that we are not determined to abolish.Samuel Gompers
So long as there is one person who seeks employment and cannot find it, the hours of work are too long.
Samuel Gompers
Do I believe in arbitration? I do. But not in arbitration between the lion and the lamb, in which the lamb is in the morning found inside the lion.
Samuel Gompers
Show me the country that has no strikes and I'll show you the country in which there is no liberty.
Samuel Gompers
It is impossible for capitalists and laborers to have common interests.
Samuel Gompers
Where trade unions are most firmly organized, there are the rights of the people most respected.
Samuel Gompers
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