The periods of unemployment accompanying depression in the business cycle . . . present a — Samuel Gompers
Doing for people what they can and ought to do for themselves is a dangerous experiment. — Samuel Gompers
Show me the country that has no strikes and I’ll show you the country in which there is no liberty. — Samuel Gompers
The man who has his millions will want everything he can lay his hands on and then raise his. — Samuel Gompers
There is not a right too long denied to which we do not aspire in order to achieve.. — Samuel Gompers
Time is the most valuable thing on earth: time to think, time to act, time to extend our fraternal relations. — Samuel Gompers
Where trade unions are most firmly organized, there are the rights of the people most respected. — Samuel Gompers
Do I believe in arbitration? I do. But not in arbitration between the lion and the lamb. — Samuel Gompers
The worst crime against working people is a company which fails to operate at a profit. — Samuel Gompers
What does labor want? we want more schoolhouses and less jails; more books and less arsenals — Samuel Gompers