All Leland Stanford Quotes
- Every thoughtful and kind-hearted person must regard with interest any device or plan which promises to enable at least the more intelligent, enterprising, and determined… Any
- The seeming antagonism between capital and labor is the result of deceptive appearance. Antagonism
- 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… Acquaintance
- 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… Equality
- The great advantage to labor arising out of co-operative effort has been apparent to me for many years. Advantage
- 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;… All
- 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
- 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. Acquire
- 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… Benefits
- The advantages of wealth are greatly exaggerated. Advantage
- In the unrest of the masses I augur great good. It is by their realizing that their condition of life is not what it ought… Accomplished
- I am in favor of carrying out the Declaration of Independence to women as well as men. Women having to suffer the burdens of society… Burden
- All legislative experiments in the way of making forcible distribution of the wealth produced in any country have failed. All
- The real conflict, if any exists, is between two industrial systems. Any
- 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… Best
- I have always been fully persuaded that, through co-operation, labor could become its own employer. Been
- Laboring men can perform for themselves the office of becoming their own employers. Becoming
- Money is the great tool through whose means labor and skill become universally co-operative. Become Universally
- There is no reason why the women of the country should not greatly advance themselves. Advance
- 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… Co