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Leland Stanford

Amasa Leland Stanford (March 9, 1824 – June 21, 1893) was an American tycoon, industrialist, politician, and the founder (with his wife, Jane) of Stanford University. Migrating to California from New York at the time of the Gold Rush, he became a successful merchant and wholesaler, and continued to build his business empire. He spent one two-year term as Governor of California after his election in 1861, and later eight years as a senator from the state. As president of Southern Pacific Railroad and, beginning in 1861, Central Pacific, he had tremendous power in the region and a lasting impact on California. He is widely considered a robber baron.

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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, Inheritance, Inheritances, Intelligence, Skills

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.

Condition, Distribution Of Wealth, Industrial, Mercy, Organization

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, Righteousness, Selfish, Thought, Trim, Views

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

Become, Employers, Fully, Labor, Operations, Persuaded

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.

Taken, Light, Capacity, Alone, Employer

There would be no idling in a co-operative workshop. Each workman, being an employer, has a spur to his own industry, and has a pecuniary reason for being watchful of the industry of his fellow workmen.

Reason, Spurs, Watchful, Workman, Workmen, Would Be

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.

Agreement, Done, Employed, Law

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

Country, Forcible, Legislative, Produced, Way, Wealth

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.

Anvils, Conflict, Country, Hammer, Hammers, Labor

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.

Consent, Inalienable, Memorable, Men, Principle, Rights

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.

Important, Mankind, Protection, Towards, Wealth

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.

Intelligent, Interest, Plan, Promise, Regard, Thoughtful

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.

Creation, Firsts, Political, Science, Theories, Writers

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.

Equality, Ought, Rights, Same, Sex

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

Antagonism, Appearance, Deceptive, Hype, Labor, Results

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

Mean, Money, Skill, Skills, Tool, Tools

The advantages of wealth are greatly exaggerated.

Advantage, Exaggerated, Greatly, Wealth

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.

Acquaintance, Analysis, Capital, Conflict, Mind, Political

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

Advance, Country, Greatly, Reason Why, Should, Women

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.

Carrying, Full, Having, Men, Rights, Should Have

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