The rights of one sex, political and otherwise, are the same as those of the other sex, and this equality of rights ought to be fully recognized.

The seeming antagonism between capital and labor is the result of deceptive appearance.

In a condition of society and under an industrial organization which places labor completely at the mercy of capital, the accumulations of capital will necessarily be rapid, and an unequal distribution of wealth is at once to be observed.

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 rights of one sex, political and otherwise, are the same as those of the other sex, and this equality of rights ought to be fully recognized.

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.

The great advantage to labor arising out of co-operative effort has been apparent to me for many years.