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Labor Quotes by John F. Kennedy
- With a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge of our deeds, let us go forth to lead the land we…
- The American Labor Movement has consistently demonstrated its devotion to the public interest. It is, and has been, good for all America.
- Our labor unions are not narrow, self-seeking groups. They have raised wages, shortened hours, and provided supplemental benefits. Through collective bargaining and grievance procedures, they…
- The labor movement is people. Our unions have brought millions of men and women together, made them members one of another, and given them common…
- Our economy today depends upon women in the labor force. One out of three workers is a woman. Today, there are almost 25 million women…
- I am grateful to those Members of Congress who worked so diligently to guide the Equal Pay Act through. It is a first step. It…
- We believe that if men have the talent to invent new machines that put men out of work, they have the talent to put those…
More Labor Quotes
- The end of labor is to gain leisure. — Aristotle
- I have read in Plato and Cicero sayings that are wise and very beautiful; but I have never read in either of… — Saint Augustine
- A garden requires patient labor and attention. Plants do not grow merely to satisfy ambitions or to fulfill good intentions. They thrive… — Liberty Hyde Bailey
- Fires can't be made with dead embers, nor can enthusiasm be stirred by spiritless men. Enthusiasm in our daily work lightens effort… — James A. Baldwin
- Just as we would have no need of the farmer's labor and toil if we were living amid the delights of paradise,… — Saint Basil
- It is necessary to work, if not from inclination, at least from despair. Everything considered, work is less boring than amusing oneself. — Charles Baudelaire
- Organized labor, if they're doing a responsible job, is going to organize the pooling of small amounts of money to protect the… — Warren Beatty
- No fine work can be done without concentration and self-sacrifice and toil and doubt. — Max Beerbohm
- We must ensure that while eliminating child labor in the export industry, we are also eliminating their labour from the informal sector,… — Carol Bellamy
- Child labor and poverty are inevitably bound together and if you continue to use the labor of children as the treatment for… — Grace Abbott
- I believe that summer is our time, a time for the people, and that no politician should be allowed to speak to… — Lewis Black
- Only Socrates knew, after a lifetime of unceasing labor, that he was ignorant. Now every high-school student knows that. How did it… — Allan Bloom