In later life I was charged by many with being an agitator; some of my friends in defending me against assault denied that I was an agitator; they we… - Terence V. Powderly

Individually, workingmen are weak, and, when separated, each one follows a different course, without accomplishing anything for himself or his fellow man; but when combined in one common bond of brotherhood, they become as the cable, each strand of which, though weak and insignificant enough in itself, is assisted and strengthened by being joined with others, and the work that one could not perform alone is easily accomplished by a combination of strands.

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

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 law that ever darkened white paper in the printing can lay down a rule of conduct for all men to follow alike.