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Money is the great tool through whose means labor and skill become universally co-operative.

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I want, in this school, that one sex shall have equal advantage with the other, and I want particularly that females shall have open to them every employment suitable to their sex.

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The real conflict, if any exists, is between two industrial systems.

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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.

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I have always been fully persuaded that, through co-operation, labor could become its own employer.

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Government itself is founded upon the great doctrine of the consent of the governed, and has its cornerstone in the memorable principle that men are endowed with inalienable rights.

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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 will have its best return when the laborer can control its disposal.

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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 and government should have their equal rights in it. They do not receive their rights in full proportion.

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It is probable that for a long time to come the mass of mankind in civilized countries will find it both necessary and advantageous to labor for wages, and to accept the condition of hired laborers.

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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.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Businessman

Born: March 9th, 1824

Died: June 21st, 1893

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