Leland Stanford Quotes
Government itself is founded upon the great doctrine of the consent of the governed, and has its cornerstone in the memorable principle that men are endowed with inalienable rights.
The employee is regarded by the employer merely in the light of his value as an operative. His productive capacity alone is taken into account.
All legislative experiments in the way of making forcible distribution of the wealth produced in any country have failed.
I have always been fully persuaded that, through co-operation, labor could become its own employer.
The right of each individual in any relation to secure to himself the full benefits of his intelligence, his capacity, his industry and skill are among the inalienable inheritances of humanity.
Each co-operative institution will become a school of business in which each member will acquire a knowledge of the laws of trade and commerce.
When money is controlled by a few it gives that few an undue power and control over labor and the resources of the country. Labor will have its best return when the laborer can control its disposal.
Money is the great tool through whose means labor and skill become universally co-operative.
Each individual member of a co-operative society works with that interest which is inseparable from the new position he enjoys. Each has an interest in the other.
The great advantage to labor arising out of co-operative effort has been apparent to me for many years.
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.
In the unrest of the masses I augur great good. It is by their realizing that their condition of life is not what it ought to be that vast improvements may be accomplished.
The seeming antagonism between capital and labor is the result of deceptive appearance.
There is no reason why the women of the country should not greatly advance themselves.
