Facts about Leland Stanford

Occup.Businessman
FromUSA
BornMarch 9, 1824
DiedJune 21, 1893
Aged69 years

Summary

Leland Stanford was a famous Businessman from USA, who lived between March 9, 1824 and June 21, 1893. He/she became 69 years old.

Zodiac:
He/she is born under the zodiac pisces, who is known for Fluctuation, Depth, Imagination, Reactive, Indecisive. Our collection contains 32 quotes who is written / told by Leland.

32 Famous quotes by Leland Stanford

Small: The right of each individual in any relation to secure to himself the full benefits of his intelligence
"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"
Small: The rights of one sex, political and otherwise, are the same as those of the other sex, and this equali
"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"
Small: The country blacksmith who employs no journeyman is never conscious of any conflict between the capital
"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"
Small: Labor can and will become its own employer through co-operative association
"Labor can and will become its own employer through co-operative association"
Small: It is probable that for a long time to come the mass of mankind in civilized countries will find it bot
"It is probable that for a long time to come the mass of mankind in civilized countries will find it both necessary and advantageous to labor for wages, and to accept the condition of hired laborers"
Small: In a very alert and bright state of society people learn co-operation by themselves, but in older and q
"In a very alert and bright state of society people learn co-operation by themselves, but in older and quieter conditions of laboring enterprise, such a bill as I propose will point out the way to mutual exertion"
Small: Government itself is founded upon the great doctrine of the consent of the governed, and has its corner
"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"
Small: Each co-operative institution will become a school of business in which each member will acquire a know
"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"
Small: There would be no idling in a co-operative workshop. Each workman, being an employer, has a spur to his
"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"
Small: The seeming antagonism between capital and labor is the result of deceptive appearance
"The seeming antagonism between capital and labor is the result of deceptive appearance"
Small: The employer class is less indispensable in the modern organization of industries because the laboring
"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"
Small: I have always been fully persuaded that, through co-operation, labor could become its own employer
"I have always been fully persuaded that, through co-operation, labor could become its own employer"
Small: Every thoughtful and kind-hearted person must regard with interest any device or plan which promises to
"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"
Small: Each individual member of a co-operative society works with that interest which is inseparable from the
"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"
Small: A mans sentiments are generally just and right, while it is second selfish thought which makes him trim
"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"
Small: The great advantage to labor arising out of co-operative effort has been apparent to me for many years
"The great advantage to labor arising out of co-operative effort has been apparent to me for many years"
Small: Money is the great tool through whose means labor and skill become universally co-operative
"Money is the great tool through whose means labor and skill become universally co-operative"
Small: In the unrest of the masses I augur great good. It is by their realizing that their condition of life i
"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"
Small: The real conflict, if any exists, is between two industrial systems
"The real conflict, if any exists, is between two industrial systems"
Small: I want, in this school, that one sex shall have equal advantage with the other, and I want particularly
"I want, in this school, that one sex shall have equal advantage with the other, and I want particularly that females shall have open to them every employment suitable to their sex"
Small: In a condition of society and under an industrial organization which places labor completely at the mer
"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"
Small: I am in favor of carrying out the Declaration of Independence to women as well as men. Women having to
"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"
Small: When money is controlled by a few it gives that few an undue power and control over labor and the resou
"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"
Small: The only distribution of wealth which is the product of labor, which will be honest, will come through
"The only distribution of wealth which is the product of labor, which will be honest, will come through a more equal distribution of the productive capacity of men"
Small: The employee is regarded by the employer merely in the light of his value as an operative. His producti
"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"
Small: Legislation has been and is still directed towards the protection of wealth, rather than towards the fa
"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"
Small: Laboring men can perform for themselves the office of becoming their own employers
"Laboring men can perform for themselves the office of becoming their own employers"
Small: All legislative experiments in the way of making forcible distribution of the wealth produced in any co
"All legislative experiments in the way of making forcible distribution of the wealth produced in any country have failed"
Small: There is no reason why the women of the country should not greatly advance themselves
"There is no reason why the women of the country should not greatly advance themselves"
Small: The production of wealth is the result of agreement between labor and capital, between employer and emp
"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"
Small: Many writers upon the science of political economy have declared that it is the duty of a nation first
"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"
Small: From my earliest acquaintance with the science of political economy, it has been evident to my mind tha
"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"