"Any one who believes that any great enterprise of an industrial character can be started without labor must have little experience of life."

William Graham Sumner, American Businessman

Life, Experience, Character, Labor

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"Any one who believes that any great enterprise of an industrial character can be started without labor must have little experience of life."

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"If you ever live in a country run by a committee, be on the committee."

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