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 Copy Share Image
All legislative experiments in the way of making forcible distribution of the wealth produced in any country have failed. — Leland Stanford Copy Share Image
The production of wealth is the result of agreement between labor and capital, between employer and employed. Its distribution, therefore, will follow the law… — Leland Stanford Copy Share Image
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… — Leland Stanford Copy Share Image
The great advantage to labor arising out of co-operative effort has been apparent to me for many years. — Leland Stanford Copy Share Image
Many writers upon the science of political economy have declared that it is the duty of a nation first to encourage the creation of… — Leland Stanford Copy Share Image
The seeming antagonism between capital and labor is the result of deceptive appearance. — Leland Stanford Copy Share Image
It is probable that for a long time to come the mass of mankind in civilized countries will find it both necessary and advantageous… — Leland Stanford Copy Share Image
Government itself is founded upon the great doctrine of the consent of the governed, and has its cornerstone in the memorable principle that men… — Leland Stanford Copy Share Image
Labor can and will become its own employer through co-operative association. — Leland Stanford Copy Share Image
The right of each individual in any relation to secure to himself the full benefits of his intelligence, his capacity, his industry and skill… — Leland Stanford Copy Share Image
In the unrest of the masses I augur great good. It is by their realizing that their condition of life is not what it… — Leland Stanford Copy Share Image
The real conflict, if any exists, is between two industrial systems. — Leland Stanford Copy Share Image
The only distribution of wealth which is the product of labor, which will be honest, will come through a more equal distribution of the… — Leland Stanford Copy Share Image
