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Former Governor of California

Leland Stanford was a prominent American politician and businessman who served as the 23rd Governor of California from 1861 to 1863. He was a leader in the development of the Central Pacific Railroad and played a significant role in the construction of the First Transcontinental Railroad. Stanford was also known for establishing Stanford University, which bears his name.

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Reason Would Be Industry Fellows Employers Spurs Workshops Workmen

Author:Leland Stanford

“In a condition of society and under an industrial organization which places labor completely at the mercy of capital, the accumulations of capital will necessarily be rapid, and an unequal distribution of wealth is at once to be observed.”

Wealth Conditions Labor Mercy Organization Distribution Rapids Accumulation Distribution Of Wealth

Author:Leland Stanford

“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.”

Men Doe Views Selfish Reform Righteousness Sentiments Sentimental Indignation Righteous Indignation

Author:Leland Stanford

“The employee is regarded by the employer merely in the light of his value as an operative. His productive capacity alone is taken into account.”

Light Values Taken Capacity Accounts Employee Productive Employers

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“The production of wealth is the result of agreement between labor and capital, between employer and employed. Its distribution, therefore, will follow the law of its creation, or great injustice will be done.”

Done Law Wealth Results Creation Labor Injustice Productions Agreement Employed Distribution Employers Labor And Capital

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“Labor can and will become its own employer through co-operative association.”

Labor Association Employers

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“Legislation has been and is still directed towards the protection of wealth, rather than towards the far more important interests of labor on which everything of value to mankind depends.”

Has Beens Stills Important Values Interest Wealth Mankind Depends Labor Protection Legislation

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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.”

Men Government Principles Rights Doctrine Memorable Consent Cornerstones Inalienable Rights Consent Of The Governed

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“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.”

Country Facts Conflict Conscious Labor Hammers Anvils Blacksmiths

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“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 part of those who are not capitalists to cease to labor for hire.”

Kind Persons Interest Plans Promise Labor Intelligent Regard Determined Cease Thoughtful Devices Capitalist Hearted Enterprising Kind Hearted

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“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.”

Mind Has Beens Political Natural Economy Products Conflict Labor Analysis Evident Acquaintance Political Economy Politics And Economics

Author:Leland Stanford

“The seeming antagonism between capital and labor is the result of deceptive appearance.”

Results Labor Appearance Hype Seeming Deceptive Antagonism

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“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.”

Political Sex Rights Ought Equality

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“The great advantage to labor arising out of co-operative effort has been apparent to me for many years.”

Years Has Beens Effort Advantage Labor

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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.”

Firsts Science Political Nations Wealth Economy Creation Duty Theory Direct Distribution Political Economy Politics And Economics

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“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 the inalienable inheritances of humanity.”

Humanity Individual Industry Skills Benefits Capacity Relation Secure Inheritance

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“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.”

School Law Members Institutions Trade Acquire Commerce

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“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 and enjoy the entire benefits of their own labor.”

Men Enjoy Class Modern Industry Benefits Labor Organization Relation Sufficient Organize Indispensable Employers

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“The advantages of wealth are greatly exaggerated.”

Wealth Advantage Exaggerated

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“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.”

May Life Is Realizing Conditions Ought Mass Improvement Accomplished Unrest

Book:Government Loans on Real Estate: Speech of Hon. Leland Stanford, of California, in the United States Senate, March 10, 1890

Source: Government Loans on Real Estate: Speech of Hon. Leland Stanford, of California, in the United States Senate, March 10, 1890

“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.”

Men Should Wells Government Suffering Rights Equal Should Have Independence Burden Favors Proportion Declaration Equal Rights Men Women Declaration Of Independence

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“All legislative experiments in the way of making forcible distribution of the wealth produced in any country have failed.”

Way Country Wealth Experiments Distribution

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

Ifs Two Real Conflict

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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.”

Giving Country Return Resources Labor Controlled Laborers Power And Control

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

Labor Operations Employers

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“Laboring men can perform for themselves the office of becoming their own employers.”

Men Becoming Office Employers

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

Mean Skills Labor Tools

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“There is no reason why the women of the country should not greatly advance themselves.”

Should Country Reason Reason Why No Reason

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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.”

Individual Enjoy Interest Position Members Inseparable New Position

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About the Author

Born: March 9, 1824
Died: June 21, 1893
Known for: Former Governor of California
Quotes: 29

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