"The hope of the social reformer is to open wide the gates of opportunity, so that every creature, from the least to t…"

"All that is good in civilization must be for the equal use of all, in order that each man may make his life most wort…"

"No longer is it possible for men to be content to have, while their brothers have not. The physical misery of the wor…"

"Civilization no longer represents the conscience of the individuals who must find therein their work. The facts and f…"

"Without regard to his conscience, the economic system involves a man in the guilt of the moral and physical death of …"

"This railway system practically administers the government of the United States, in all things that concern the syste…"

"The only possible innocence that remains to me, while I pay forced tribute to the system, while I profit by its corru…"

"I can no longer clothe myself, whether in good clothes or cheap, without the likelihood that my clothes are made unde…"

"Whatever I do, whichever way I turn, I can neither feed nor clothe my family, nor take part in public affairs as a ci…"

"If we stay at our posts, in order that we may change the system, we are on the backs of our brothers; if we desert ou…"