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

There may be here and there a worker who for certain reasons unexplainable to us does not join a union of labor. That is his right. It is his legal right, no matter how morally wrong he may be. It is his legal right, and no one can or dare question his exercise of that legal right.

There are such wonderful possibilities in the life of each man and woman! No human being is unimportant. My inspiration comes in opening opportunities that all alike may be free to live life to the fullest.

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

The man who has his millions will want everything he can lay his hands on and then raise his voice against the poor devil who wants ten cents more a day.

So long as there is one [person] who seeks employment and cannot find it, the hours of work are too long.

It is impossible for capitalists and laborers to have common interests.