Age Quote by Abraham Lincoln

To secure to each laborer the whole product of his labor, or as nearly as possible, is a worthy object of any good government.

— Abraham Lincoln

It has become an article of the creed of modern morality that all labour is good in itself -- a convenient belief to those…

— William Morris

Those instrumental goods which should serve to maintain the life and health of all human beings should be produced by the least possible labour…

— Albert Einstein

By far the greatest part of those goods which are the objects of desire, are procured by labour and they may be multiplied, not…

— David Ricardo

For society as a whole, nothing comes as a "right" to which we are "entitled." Even bare subsistence has to be produced-and produced at…

— Thomas Sowell

Among civilized and thriving nations, on the contrary, though a great number of people do no labor at all, many of whom consume the…

— Adam Smith

A wise and frugal government, which shall leave men free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from…

— Thomas Jefferson

To each, therefore, must be given his own share of goods, and the distribution of created goods, which, as every discerning person knows, is…

— Pope Pius XI

Ah, why Should life all labour be?

— Alfred Lord Tennyson

“Goods of production—material or immaterial—such as land, factories, practical or artistic skills, oblige their possessors to employ them in ways that will benefit the…

— Libreria Editrice Vaticana

It is only by labour that thought can be made healthy, and only by thought that labour can be made happy, and the two…

— John Ruskin

Among a democratic people, where there is no hereditary wealth, every man works to earn a living, or is born of parents who have…

— Alexis de Tocqueville