Quotes in Support of RTW

"To compel a man to furnish contributions of monoey of the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves is sinful and tyrannical".

-Thomas Jefferson

"We all declare for liberty, but in using the same word we do not all mean the same thing. With some the word liberty may mean for each man to do as he pleases with himself and the product of his labor; while with others the same word may mean for some men to do as they please with the product of other men's labor."

-Abraham Lincoln

"Is there a greater right? Is there a more important right? Is there a more fundamental right that the right to make a living for one's self and for one's family without being compelled to join a labor organization?"

-Former United States Senator Everett Dirkson of Illinois

"No organization should have the privilege of keeping from their jobs any workers who wish to perform their services. The big question is whether individual liberty really prevails in America and whether every citizen is to be permitted to enjoy the freedom that is so often extolled."

-David Lawrence, former President of U.S. News and World Report

In the 1916 American Federationist, Gompers said, "The workers of America adhere to voluntary institutions in preference to compulsory systems which are held to be not only impractical, but a menace to their rights, welfare, and liberty". 

-Samuel Gompers, founder of the American Federation of Labor

"I want to urge devotion the the fundamentals of human liberty -- the principles of voluntarism. No lasting gain has ever come from compulsion."

-Samuel Gompers, founder of the American Federation of Labor