Labor Quotes

1710 Labor quotes by 1075 unique authors

All men were created to busy themselves with the labor for the common good. — John Calvin
The slave labors, but with no cheer-it is not the road to respectability, it will honor him with no citizens' trust, it brings no bread… — Henry Ward Beecher
It doesn't take a genius to pump up the GNP [of a developing country] by burning down rainforests, using slave labor and social repression to… — Hazel Henderson
So May 4th in the labor movement has always been an important date. — William Kunstler
It's incredible to see labor unions and environmentalists getting together to stop the corporate mentality that destroys both jobs and the environment. — Bonnie Raitt
Today I send this message to every emerging global corporation: "justice; family, community, and union" are the same in every language and, wherever you go… — Andy Stern
Slavery is an obscenity. It is not just stealing someone's labor; it is the theft of an entire life. — Kevin Bales
The women in labor must have NO STRESS placed upon her. She must be free to move about, walk, rock, go to the bathroom by… — Grantly Dick-Read
If left alone in labor, the body of a woman produces most easily the baby that is not interfered with by its mother's mind or… — Grantly Dick-Read
I've always had a very positive relationship with the municipal labor unions - a respectful relationship. — Bill de Blasio
These are the rules of big business. They have superseded the teachings of our parents and are reducible to a simple maxim: Get a monopoly;… — Frederic C. Howe
Can one be passionate about the just, the ideal, the sublime, and the holy, and yet commit no labor in its cause? I don't think… — Mary Oliver
Taxes are paid in the sweat of every man who labors. — Franklin D. Roosevelt
To get up in the morning & do the monumental tasks that face us, our labor is best fueled by love. — Cornel West
To seek out beauty in our work is to make a pilgrimage of our labors, to understand that the consummation of work lies not only… — David Whyte
Constant labor of one uniform kind destroys the intensity and flow of a man's animal spirits, which find recreation and delight in mere change of… — Karl Marx
Get masters of families to do their duty, and they will not only spare you a great deal of labor, but will much further the… — Richard Baxter
In [India] and across the globe, hundreds and thousands of children, as young as three, four, are sold into sexual slavery. But that's not the… — Sunitha Krishnan
Forget your environmental footprint. Think about your ethical footprint. What good is it to build a zero-carbon, energy efficient complex, when the labor producing this… — Cameron Sinclair
This tree is indeed a Tree of Life, for without the higher and finer sentiments man does not life; he merely exists. If any branch… — Manly Hall
Why don't you try to do without him, why don't you try to live alone? Do you really need his hands for your passion? Do… — Leonard Cohen
We will only keep people from fleeing the countryside into urban favelas, villas miseries, shantytowns and squatter villages when the productivity gap is closed between… — Alvin Toffler
Single cells analyze thousands of stimuli from the microenvironment they inhabit. The more awareness an organism has of its environment, the better its chances for… — Bruce H. Lipton
We must face the ultimate contradiction that our free and democratic society was made possible by massive slave labor. — Unknown Author
For knowledge is not given as gift...but through study...The free mind, not afraid of labor, presses on to attain the good. — Laura Cereta

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