Labor Quotes

1710 Labor quotes by 1075 unique authors

Only a fool would try to deprive working men and working women of their right to join the union of their choice. — Dwight D. Eisenhower
The average American family head will be forced to do twenty years' labor to pay taxes in his or her lifetime. — James Bovard
What is economics? A science invented by the upper class in order to acquire the fruits of the labor of the underclass — August Strindberg
The essence of globalization is a subordination of human rights, of labor rights, consumer, environmental rights, democracy rights, to the imperatives of global trade and… — Ralph Nader
A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life are based on the labors of others. — Albert Einstein
Home economics should find its way into the curriculum of every school because the scientific study of a problem pertaining to food, shelter or clothing...… — Unknown Author
Poorly paid labor is inefficient labor, the world over. — Henry George
Tariffs, government contracts, naval and military spending, nationalized industries, tax policy, social welfare, the legal privileging of labor unions were among the means at the… — Ralph Raico
Government should be good for the liberty of the governed, and that is when it governs to the least possible degree. It should be good… — Augustin Thierry
In this global economy, no jobs are safe. High-speed Internet connections and low-cost, skilled labor overseas are an explosive combination. — Bob Taft
It has been just so in all my inventions. The first step is an intuition-and comes with a burst, then difficulties arise. This thing that… — Thomas A. Edison
Voting is merely a labor-saving device for ascertaining on which side force lies and bowing to the inevitable... It is neither more nor less than… — Benjamin Tucker
There are few greater treasures to be acquired in youth than great poetry-and prose-stored in the memory. At the time one may resent the labor… — Richard Livingstone
No duty is more imperative for the government than the duty it ;owes the people to furnish them with a sound and uniform currency, an… — Abraham Lincoln
Some labor this side of the veil, others on the other side of the veil. If we tarry here we expect to labor in the… — Wilford Woodruff
Capitalism or market economy is that system of social cooperation and division of labor that is based on private ownership of the means of production. — Ludwig von Mises
Labour without joy is base. Labour without sorrow is base. Sorrow without labour is base. Joy without labour is base. — John Ruskin
But even in the absence of direct interference by those who had the power to interfere, the process was usually aborted by the non-availability of… — Immanuel Wallerstein
So much were employers of wage-labor unenthusiastic about proletarianization that, in addition to fostering the gender age division of labor, they also encouraged, in their… — Immanuel Wallerstein
We must distinguish between the kind of structural transformation that would leave in place (even increase) the realities of the exploitation of labor, and one… — Immanuel Wallerstein

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