Machines were, it may be said, the weapon employed by the capitalists to quell the revolt of specialized labor.

Work is external to the worker. . . . It is not part of his nature; consequently he does not fulfill himself in his work but denies himself. . . . The worker therefore feels himself at home only during his leisure time, whereas at work he feels homeless.

The worker puts his life into the object; but now it no longer belongs to him, it belongs to the object.

The better shaped his product, the more misshapen the worker.

The best customer of American industry is the well paid worker.

It is now beyond partisan controversy that it is a fundamental individual right of a worker to associate himself with other workers and to bargain collectively with his employer.