Today's Labor Quote: Peter Cooper

​The American industrialist and philanthropist (February 12, 1791 – April 4, 1883), who said:
“Every manufacturer ought to remember that his fortune was not achieved by himself alone, but by the cooperation of his workmen. He should acknowledge their rights to share the benefits of that which could not exist without their faithful performance of duty. Not until the capitalist is just enough to recognize this truth, can he ever join a group of workmen and feel himself among his friends.”

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