Samuel Gompers
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“I want to urge devotion to the fundamentals of human liberty – the principles of voluntarism. No lasting gain has ever come from compulsion.”
Samuel Gompers · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-07
In a 1924 speech to delegates of the American Federation of Labor convention, Gompers urged devotion to voluntarism over compulsion.
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