Labor Day Is Devoted To

The Freedom Of Speech And The Freedom Of The Press Have Not Been Granted To The People In Order That They May Say Things Which Please, And Which Are Based Upon Accepted Thought, But The Right To Say The Things Which Displease, The Right To Say The Things Which Convey The New And Yet Unexpected Thoughts, The Right To Say Things, Even Though They Do A Wrong.

There May Be Here And There A Worker Who For Certain Reasons Unexplainable To Us Does Not Join A Union Of Labor. That Is His Right. It Is His Legal Right, No Matter How Morally Wrong He May Be. It Is His Legal Right, And No One Can Or Dare Question His Exercise Of That Legal Right.

Doing For People What They Can And Ought To Do For Themselves Is A Dangerous Experiment. In The Last Analysis, The Welfare Of The Workers Depends Upon Their Own Initiative. Whatever Is Done Under The Guise Of Philanthropy Or Social Morality Which In Any Way Lessens Initiative Is The Greatest Crime That Can Be Committed Against The Toilers. Let Social Busybodies And Professional "public Morals Experts" In Their Fads Reflect Upon The Perils They Rashly Invite Under This Pretense Of Social Welfare.

The Periods Of Unemployment Accompanying Depression In The Business Cycle . . . Present A Challenge To All Our Claims To Progress, Humanity, And Civilization.

Do I Believe In Arbitration? I Do. But Not In Arbitration Between The Lion And The Lamb, In Which The Lamb Is In The Morning Found Inside The Lion