Labor Quotes

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Undoubtedly a man is to labor to better his condition, but first to better himself. — William Ellery Channing
The working class owes all honor and respect to the first men who planted the standard of labor solidarity on the hostile frontier of unorganized… — Ralph Chaplin
The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people. — Cesar Chavez
The unions claim the deck is stacked against them when it comes to labor laws, but the truth is many private and public sector workers… — Linda Chavez
I am very sure that any man of common understanding may, by culture, care, attention, and labor, make himself what- ever he pleases, except a… — Lord Chesterfield
If you pursue good with labor, the labor passes away but the good remains; if you pursue evil with pleasure, the pleasure passes away and… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
The fruit derived from labor is the sweetest of pleasures. — Luc de Clapiers
A truly American sentiment recognizes the dignity of labor and the fact that honor lies in honest toil. — Grover Cleveland
Feminism is dated? Yes, for privileged women like my daughter and all of us here today, but not for most of our sisters in the… — Isabel Allende
Although women do two-thirds of the world's labor, they own less than one percent of the world's assets. — Isabel Allende
Mr. Speaker, our Nation depends on immigrants' labor, and I hope we can create an immigration system as dependable as they are. — Luis Gutierrez
Skilled shortages in America exist because we are shielding our skilled labor force from world competition. [Visa quotas] have been substituted for the wage pricing… — Alan Greenspan
It is obviously easier, for the short run, to draw cheap labor from adjacent pools of poverty...than to find it among one's own people. And… — George F. Kennan
Labor force needs and economic conditions are disregarded in our policies. Many aspects of our current policies and procedures are patently wrong. For example, legal… — Ronald Reagan
Apparently, union bosses are so distraught about declining enrollments they will stoop to exploiting illegal workers. There is no doubt that this would hurt American… — Lamar S. Smith
The sweetest type of heaven is home - nay, heaven is the home for whose acquisition we are to strive the most strongly. Home, in… — J. G. Holland
As labor creates the wealth of the country, we demand the passage of such laws as may be necessary to protect it in all its… — John Peter Altgeld
Our ultimate aim in this welfare work is to help Church members to become self-supporting, and to obtain work they can do best. The Church,… — Henry D. Moyle
Try as hard as we may for perfection, the net result of our labors is an amazing variety of imperfectness. We are surprised at our… — Samuel McChord Crothers
Workers must root out the idea that by keeping the results of their labors to themselves a fortune will be assured to them. Patent fees… — Lawrence Hargrave

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