One earnest worker can do more by personal suggestion to prevent accidents than a carload of safety signs. – Making Paper, January 1923, edited by E.R. Brown

It is as much your duty to be careful and comply with safety rules as it is to properly perform your work. – Safety saying, circa early 1900s

The motive power of the safety-first movement is a realization of the fact that lives and limbs need not be sacrificed to any desired result… – The Anode by the Bureau of Safety of the Anaconda Copper Mining Co., March 1917

When you say “accident” perhaps you mean “crime.” – Colorado School of Mines Magazine, Golden, Colorado, August 1918