“From my earliest acquaintance with the science of political economy, it has been evident to my mind that capital was the product of labor, and that therefore, in its best analysis there could be no natural conflict between capital and labor.”
— Leland Stanford
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“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.”
— Leland Stanford
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“The employer class is less indispensable in the modern organization of industries because the laboring men themselves possess sufficient intelligence to organize into co-operative relation and enjoy the entire benefits of their own labor.”
— Leland Stanford
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“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.”
— Leland Stanford
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“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.”
— Leland Stanford
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“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.”
— Leland Stanford
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“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.”
— Leland Stanford
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“In a very alert and bright state of society people learn co-operation by themselves, but in older and quieter conditions of laboring enterprise, such a bill as I propose will point out the way to mutual exertion.”
— Leland Stanford
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“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.”
— Leland Stanford
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“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.”
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“Many writers upon the science of political economy have declared that it is the duty of a nation first to encourage the creation of wealth; and second, to direct and control its distribution. All such theories are delusive.”
— Leland Stanford
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