"Many men, aware of the treatment I received at the hands of Walter Dawson, have asked me why I did not avenge the wro…"

"You cannot judge all men by the one standard, any more than you can make shoes for all of them on the same last. No l…"

"If you owe a man a dollar, pay it; if you owe him a grudge, forget it, and always be kind."

"In later life I was charged by many with being an agitator; some of my friends in defending me against assault denied…"

"Revolutions are not manufactured or made to order; they are never successfully planned or deliberately entered upon; …"

"That a deep-rooted feeling of discontent pervades the masses, none can deny; that there is a just cause for it, must …"

"That the army of the discontented is gathering fresh recruits day by day is true, and if this army should become so l…"

"Give men shorter hours in which to labor, and you give them more time to study and learn why bread is so scarce while…"

"Men having capital, the product of labor to invest, form themselves into companies or associations and consolidate th…"

"Individually, workingmen are weak, and, when separated, each one follows a different course, without accomplishing an…"