"The employee is regarded by the employer merely in the light of his value as an operative. His productive capacity alone is taken into account."

"Each co-operative institution will become a school of business in which each member will acquire a knowledge of the laws of trade and commerce."

"From my earliest acquaintance with the science of political economy, it has been evident to my mind that capital was the product of labor, and that therefore, in its best analysis there could be no natural conflict between capital and labor."

"A man's sentiments are generally just and right, while it is second selfish thought which makes him trim and adopt some other view. The best reforms are worked out when sentiment operates, as it does in women, with the indignation of righteousness."

"My father was a lawyer and to my best knowledge nobody in my family before had interest in science."

"Amazingly when you add life and consciousness to the equation you can actually explain some of the biggest puzzles of science."

"Science is a self-sufficient activity."

"With acknowledgement of residues, we can be more easily prepared to grant the unit of science, the overlapping of disciplines, and the total coherence of all facts."