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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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Famous Leland Stanford Quotes

“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.”

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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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Book:Co-operation of Labor: Views of Senator Leland Stanford of California. An Interview ...

Source: Co-operation of Labor: Views of Senator Leland Stanford of California. An Interview ...

“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.”

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Book:Co-operation of Labor: Views of Senator Leland Stanford of California. An Interview ...

Source: Co-operation of Labor: Views of Senator Leland Stanford of California. An Interview ...

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

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Book:Co-operation of Labor: Views of Senator Leland Stanford of California. An Interview ...

Source: Co-operation of Labor: Views of Senator Leland Stanford of California. An Interview ...

About the Author

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

Books & Sources

Co-operation of Labor: Views of Senator Leland Stanford of California. An Interview ...Related source material

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

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