It's not my responsibility/fault
Cry Wolf Quotes
Legislation cannot remedy the evils which result from the perversity of human nature.
Personally I can quite agree with Dr. Thompson’s wholesome point of view, but still I am afraid human progress cannot go on under such restrictions and…they must be allowed to proceed if we are to survive among the nations.
[99 percent of mining accidents] are due absolutely to the carelessness or willful negligence of the men employed in them [sic].
There are on an average 1,000 men who lose their lives in the coal mines annually. Ninety percent of the men lose their lives in the ordinary accidents, accidents in which the individual plays an important role usually. The other 10 percent lose their lives as a result of what we call mine disasters. Those disasters are preventable. They are almost in every case not caused by some action of the individual workman.
