Labor day differs in every essential from the other holidays of the year of any country. All other holidays
are, in a more or less degree, connected with conflicts and battles, of man’s prowess over man, of strife
and discord for greed or power, of glories achieved by one nation over another.
Labor Day, on the other hand, marks a new epoch in the annals of human history. It is at once a mani-
festation of reverence for the struggles of the masses against tyranny and injustice from time immemorial:
an impetus to battle for the right in our day for man, women and children of our time, and gives hope and
encouragement for the attainment of the aspirations for the future of the human family.
It is devoted to no man, living or dead, to no sect, Sex, race or nation. It is founded upon the highest
principles of humanity, is as braad in its scope as the universe.
Samuel Gompers