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Labor Union Leader

Samuel Gompers, born on January 27, 1850 in the United Kingdom and died on December 13, 1924 in the United States, was an outstanding American labor leader. He is regarded as one of the founders of the American labor movement and had a profound impact on the labor movement in the United States.

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“The worst crime against working people is a company which fails to operate at a profit.”

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“The freedom of speech and the freedom of the press have not been granted to the people in order that they may say things which please, and which are based upon accepted thought, but the right to say the things which displease, the right to say the things which convey the new and yet unexpected thoughts, the right to say things, even though they do a wrong.”

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Book:Seventy Years of Life and Labour: An Autobiography

Source: Seventy Years of Life and Labour: An Autobiography

“Show me the country that has no strikes and I'll show you the country in which there is no liberty.”

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Author:Samuel Gompers

About the Author

Born: January 27, 1850
Died: December 13, 1924
Known for: Labor Union Leader
Quotes: 35

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Books & Sources

The American FederationistRelated source material

The Samuel Gompers Papers: The Early Years of the American Federation of Labor, 1887-90Related source material

The Samuel Gompers Papers: A national labor movement takes shape, 1895-98Related source material

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Seventy Years of Life and Labour: An AutobiographyRelated source material

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