Labor Quotes

1710 Labor quotes by 1075 unique authors

What is Communism? Communism is the doctrine of the conditions of the liberation of the proletariat. What is the proletariat? The proletariat is that class… — Friedrich Engels
There is no substitute under the heavens for productive labor. It is the process by which dreams become realities. It is the process by which… — Gordon B. Hinckley
Cities are, first of all, seats of the highest economic division of labor. — Georg Simmel
To this must be added that the hiring of labor and the conduct of trade are concentrated in the hands of comparatively few; so that… — Pope Leo XIII
When you labor for your brother you always get the chief reward yourself. — Francis M. Lyman
Those who labor unselfishly in behalf of others, with no thought of remuneration, will be physically and spiritually refreshed and renewed. — David B. Haight
Without labor there is neither wealth, nor comfort, nor progress. — Gordon B. Hinckley
America must be the moral leader. It is not enough to have power. Power must be used to protect freedom and give all people hope… — Jesse Helms
With QE3, we are essentially being bought out with our own money...and unemployment is being used to facilitate this process in a very clever manner.… — Catherine Austin Fitts
Much is written about wine ... of its makers, its nuances, its myths. The white hot center of each wine’s mystery lies in humble corners… — Greg Brown
In our own time we have seen domination spread over the social landscape to a point where it is beyond all human control. Compared to… — Murray Bookchin
But, if you think that by hanging us, you can stamp out the labor movement - the movement from which the downtrodden millions, the millions… — August Spies
Permaculture principles focus on thoughtful designs for small-scale intensive systems which are labor efficient and which use biological resources instead of fossil fuels. Designs stress… — Bill Mollison
Welfare mostly subsidizes people in poverty, helping few escape from it. In their hearts, most people who are poor would like to be rich, or… — Cal Thomas
It is but a truism that labor is most productive where its wages are largest. Poorly paid labor is inefficient labor, the world over. — Henry George
The question is whether you can bear freedom. At present the vast majority of men, whether white or black, require the discipline of labor which… — Henry David Thoreau
I first came into the labor force in 1941 when the minimum wage was 40 cents an hour, and that was my first job. And… — Jimmy Carter
No family should have to depend on the labor of its children to put food on the table and no person should be forced to… — Hilda Solis
On occassion, slaves in Spanish New Orleans owned slaves, whose labor they could appropriate toward purchasing their own freedom, or whose ownership they could trade… — Ned Sublette
No power is strong enough to be lasting if it labors under the weight of fear. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
The employer class is less indispensable in the modern organization of industries because the laboring men themselves possess sufficient intelligence to organize into co-operative relation… — Leland Stanford
I would say the issue for the labor movement in the United States is not structural... there is no correlation between the success of workers… — Andy Stern
The question is always 'What is the role of a labor movement?' How much is about collective bargaining, how much is about social change for… — Andy Stern
He who does little, but in a state to which God calls him, does more than he who labors much, but in a state which… — Saint Augustine
The silkworm spins out his life, and, wrapping himself in his labor, dies. — Phineas Quimby

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