Leland Stanford Quotes

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.

There would be no idling in a co-operative workshop. Each workman, being an employer, has a spur to his own industry, and has a pecuniary reason for being watchful of the industry of his fellow workmen.

There is no reason why the women of the country should not greatly advance themselves.

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

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.

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