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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

To reach the pinnacle of success, you have to cross the treacherous valleys of failures and discontent.

I am a pisces, a fish out of water, searching for a way back home.

There are discoverable limits to the amount of change that the human organism can absorb.

Working full-time as a filmmaker has been a dream come true.

Those who arrived on America's tanks are not credible in Iraq.

Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction.

No cause, no God, no abstract idea can justify the mass slaughter of innocents.

Let us welcome controversial books and controversial authors.

I feel like with music there's so much ego rooted in expressing your thoughts and your experiences with it.

A man is eminent as long as he is orthodox. When he begins to think for himself he becomes a crank.