“Objectionable, tedious, irritating labour, - this is the condition of genius, which no doubt explains the reason why men so rarely achieve… — Lev Shestov Copy Share Image
Blair - except at the edges - was a Thatcherite. Brown, in contrast, regarded Thatcherism as something that had to be taken… — Martin Jacques Copy Share Image
It is the part of a Christian to take care of his own body for the very purpose that, by its soundness… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
I'm going to reduce the size of the Cabinet, cut the number of ministers, reduce the size of the House of Commons,… — William Hague Copy Share Image
There are many issues in the global economy in general and in the western economy as well: population ageing, drop in labour… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
When New Labour came to power, we got a Right-wing Conservative government. I came to realise that voting Labour wasn't in Scotland's… — Jimmy Reid Copy Share Image
As so often happens in philosophy, clever people accept a false general principle on a priori grounds and then devote endless labour… — C. D. Broad Copy Share Image
There is no such thing as absolute cost of labour; it is all a matter of comparison. Every one gets the most… — William Stanley Jevons Copy Share Image
The question Tony Blair should be reflecting on this weekend is having achieved this, having secured his place in the history of… — Robin Cook Copy Share Image
We would like to see science and higher education developing here [on the Russian Far East], so that it could become one… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Prayer is a trade to be learned. We must be apprentices and serve our time at it. Painstaking care, much thought, practice… — Edward McKendree Bounds Copy Share Image
[About Francis Baily] The history of the astronomy of the nineteenth century will be incomplete without a catalogue of his labours. He… — Augustus De Morgan Copy Share Image
I was certainly not inclined to decriminalise. However, during my time in the unit, as I saw more and more evidence of… — Julian Critchley Copy Share Image
No person will deny that the highest degree of attainable accuracy is an object to be desired, and it is generally found… — Charles Babbage Copy Share Image
In populous cities, which are the seat of commerce and manufactures, the middle ranks of inhabitants, who derive their subsistence from the… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
The labour-power is a commodity , not capital, in the hands of the labourer, and it constitutes for him a revenue so… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
“Generally Labour Legislations are constructively fortified with the goal of revitalizing the socio-economic fabric of the country through their malleable yet firm… — Henrietta Newton Martin Copy Share Image
under a monopolistic economic system the opportunity to earn a living by one's labour comes to be regarded as a privilege instead… — Suzanne La Follette Copy Share Image
Beyond the obvious facts that he has at some time done manual labour, that he takes snuff, that he is a Freemason,… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
In these difficult times, when tough decisions are required, the differences between Labour and the Tories are becoming much clearer. One party… — Lucy Powell Copy Share Image
I have always regarded manual labour as creative and looked with respect-and, yes, wonder-at people who work with their hands. It seems… — Pablo Casals Copy Share Image
I joined the Labour party because I believed in equality, in freedom of speech and in tolerance, compassion and understanding for people,… — Geoff Hoon Copy Share Image
Cut away all that is excessive, straighten all that is crooked, bring light to all that is overcast, labour to make all… — Plotinus Copy Share Image
We need to reach out to small 'l' liberal voters who have a modern outlook on life, who want a party that… — Nick Clegg Copy Share Image
We are keenly in sympathy with the representatives of Labour. We have too few of them in the House of Commons. The… — Henry Campbell-Bannerman Copy Share Image
In our democracy, political parties have to raise funds to campaign and put their policies to the electorate, and as a proud… — David Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Turville Copy Share Image
Liberalism is a really old British tradition and it has a completely different attitude towards the individual and the relationship between the… — Nick Clegg Copy Share Image
Civil Society is a cluster of institutions and associations strong enough to prevent tyranny, but which are, none the less, entered and… — Ernest Gellner Copy Share Image
Sex and race, because they are easy and visible differences, have been the primary ways of organizing human beings into superior and… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
The annual produce of the land and labour of any nation can be increased in its value by no other means, but… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
The danger which threatens us comes from Labour...Those who think that the Conservative or Unionist Party, standing as such and disavowing its… — Austen Chamberlain Copy Share Image
Child labour may be distasteful to westerners, but does boycotting goods made with child labour improve or exacerbate the lot of third… — Noreena Hertz Copy Share Image
Labour completely accepts and recognises the vote to leave the EU. The question is what is the agenda for that process and… — Theresa May Copy Share Image
The whole result of continued labour is not often consumed and enjoyed in a moment; the result generally lasts for a certain… — William Stanley Jevons Copy Share Image
“And many a time, towards the end of life, does the genius repent of his choice. "It would be better not to… — Lev Shestov Copy Share Image
I think it true that, you know, sometimes things start to change even before a government changes and, actually, I think you… — David Cameron Copy Share Image
God has laid upon us many severe trials in this world, but He has created labour for us, and all is compensated.… — Ernest Legouve Copy Share Image
You must labour to acquire that great and uncommon talent of hating with good breeding, and loving with prudence; to make no… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
At Leeds the idea of an international labour organization appeared in a trade-union text which also drew attention to the danger to… — Leon Jouhaux Copy Share Image
At various times in the next 20 or 30 years I think it reasonable to anticipate that I will be among the… — Neil Kinnock Copy Share Image