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 Read Quote
The great advantage to labor arising out of co-operative effort has been apparent to me for many years. Leland Stanford Read Quote
The country blacksmith who employs no journeyman is never conscious of any conflict between the capital invested in his anvil, hammer and bellows, and the labor he performs with them, because in fact, there is none. Leland Stanford Read Quote
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 Read Quote
A man’s sentiments are generally just and right, while it is second selfish thought which makes him trim and adopt some other view. The best reforms are worked out when sentiment operates, as it does in women, with the indignation of righteousness. Leland Stanford Read Quote
Laboring men can perform for themselves the office of becoming their own employers. Leland Stanford Read Quote
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 to be that vast improvements may be accomplished. Leland Stanford Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
