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Time is the most valuable thing on earth: time to think, time to act, time to extend our fraternal r...

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Do I believe in arbitration? I do. But not in arbitration between the lion and the lamb, in which th...

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The trade union movement represents the organized economic power of the workers... It is in reality ...

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

No race of barbarians ever existed yet offered up children for money.

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Samuel Gompers

Labor Union Leader

Born: 1850-01-27

Died: 1924-12-13

Samuel Gompers (27 January 1850 – 13 December 1924), sometimes known as "Samuel L. Gompers", although he had no middle name, was a British-born American labor union leader and a key figure in American labor history.More