“The labor movement means just this: It is the last noble protest of the American people against the power of incorporated wealth.”~Wendell Phillips American abolitionist, labor reformer, temperance activist, advocate for Native Americans, orator, and attorney Wendell Phillips was born on this day in 1811.
“A government is for the benefit of all the people.”~William Howard Taft Twenty-seventh President of the United States (1909 to 1913) and tenth chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1921 to 1930) William Howard Taft was born on this day in 1857.
“If there is not justice for the people, let there be no peace for the government.”~Emiliano Zapata Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata was born on this day in 1879.
“The Republican Party is bringing out here onto the floor of Congress an all-out assault on the protection of the rights of people who work in the fields of our country, in the factories of our country, in the offices of our country.”~Ed Markey American politician Ed Markey was born on this day in 1946.
“A nation is not made wealthy by the childish accumulation of shiny metals, but it enriched by the economic prosperity of it’s people.”~Adam Smith Scottish economist and philosopher Adam Smith was born on this day in 1723.
“All we can ever do in the way of good to people is to encourage them to do good to themselves.”~Randolph Bourne American writer and intellectual Randolph Bourne was born on this day in 1886.
“A constitution, as important as it is, will mean nothing unless the people are yearning for liberty and freedom.”~Ruth Bader Ginsburg American lawyer, jurist, and associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Ruth Bader Ginsburg was born on this day in 1933.
“I believe that government is for the use of the people, and not the people for the use of the government.”~Gerrit Smith American social reformer, abolitionist, businessman, politician, public intellectual, and philanthropist Gerrit Smith was born on this day in 1797.
“The power under the Constitution will always be in the people.”~George Washington American Founding Father and first President of the United States, George Washington, was born on this day in 1732.
“We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.”~Abraham Lincoln American lawyer, politician, and 16th United States president, Abraham Lincoln was born on this day in 1809.
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