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is such that, while most men would feel insulted if it were proposed to employ them in throwing stones over a wall, and then in throwing them back, merely that they might earn their wages. But many are no more worthily employed now.

Most men would feel insulted if it were proposed to employ them in throwing stones over a wall, and then in throwing them back, merely that they might earn their wages. But many are no more worthily employed now. Henry David Thoreau

is such that the essence of slavery consist in taking the product of another's labor by force, be that through the ownership of the man or the ownership of the money that the man must get to live.

The essence of all slavery consist in taking the product of another's labor by force. It is immaterial whether this force be founded upon ownership of the slave or ownership of the money that he must get to live. Leo Tolstoy

is the wrongheaded idea that to make a man work there is no other way than to hold gold in front of his eyes.

The idea that to make a man work you've got to hold gold in front of his eyes is a growth, not an axiom. We've done that for so long that we've forgotten there's any other way. F. Scott Fitzgerald

is exploitation. This becomes clear when we recognize that saying you make $8.50 an hour is just a nicer way to say you sell an hour of your life for $8.50.

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