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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

But it is a writer's duty to write and speak and record the truth, always the truth, no matter whom may be offended.

He was waiting for me at the best table in the room, toying with a glass of white wine and listening to the pianist who was playing a piece by Granados with velvet fingers.

The making of one's life into art is, after all, the first duty and privilege of every man.

I appreciate your applause, but I don't do it for applause. I do it for cash, it's much better.

NASA is developing space taxis to shuttle astronauts to the International Space Station. And just like New York taxis, they're all going to be driven by aliens.

The only way to find out anything about what kinds of lives people led in any given period is to tunnel into their records and to let them speak for themselves

I don't know who St. Valentine was, but I hope he died alone, surrounded by couples.

I've been through a lot and I realise the future can't be controlled. I'm not worried. You can always learn to overcome difficulties.

Do you think I know what I'm doing? That for one breath or half-breath I belong to myself? As much as a pen knows what it's writing, or the ball can guess where it's going next.

Fishing is taking a huge toll on the planet's ecosystem. We are emptying the oceans, seas, lakes, and rivers as we fish them dry.