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# J. Phillip Johnson

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##  Quotes by J. Phillip Johnson

> [“While Europe appears to maintain more reticence embracing it, in America there is no question that work can only be discussed as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-phillip-johnson/while-europe-appears-to-maintain-more-reticence-embracing-it-in/)

[J. Phillip Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-phillip-johnson/)

[American culture](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/american-culture/)

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> [“Employers conversely view the work of their employees, and the employees themselves, as a thing that belongs to them as a personal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-phillip-johnson/employers-conversely-view-the-work-of-their-employees-and-the/)

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> [“Work, thence identified as consistent, indefinite and systematic remunerative labor, foists its demands upon the employee and not the employer.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-phillip-johnson/work-thence-identified-as-consistent-indefinite-and-systematic/)

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> [“Work as a metaphysical act, the very “act of being” must be distinguished from labor; work as a remunerative economic invention must…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-phillip-johnson/work-as-a-metaphysical-act-the-very-act-of-being-must-be/)

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