Quote of the day
It is better to meet danger than to wait for it. He that is on a lee shore, and foresees a hurricane, stands out to sea and encounters a storm to avoid a shipwreck.
Samuel Gompers
Born: January 27, 1850
Died: December 13, 1924 (aged 74)
Bio: Samuel Gompers was an English-born American labor union leader and a key figure in American labor history.
Known for:
- Out of their own mouths (1921)
- Tales of a Global Era
- Seventy years of life and labor
Samuel Gompers Quotes