Labor Quotes

1710 Labor quotes by 1075 unique authors

Labor, in itself, is neither elevating or otherwise. It is the laborer's privilege to ennoble his work by the aim with which he undertakes it,… — Lucy Larcom
Unless the concepts of work and play and reward for work change absolutely, women must continue to provide cheap labor, and even more, free labor… — Germaine Greer
Labor is no disgrace. — Hesiod
What a country wants to make it richer is never consumption, but production. Where there is the latter, we may be sure that there is… — John Stuart Mill
Genius begins beautiful works, but only labor finishes them. — Joseph Joubert
Labor is work that leaves no trace behind it when it is finished, or if it does, as in the case of the tilled field,… — Mary McCarthy
Of all human activities, only labor, and neither action nor work, is unending, progressing automatically in accordance with life itself and outside the range of… — Hannah Arendt
And what is liberty, whose very name makes the heart beat faster and shakes the world? Is it not the union of all liberties -… — Frederic Bastiat
Well, what there ought to be is an international labor organization, a confederation of the trade unions of all the countries speaking for the workers… — Richard Rorty
I would say I'd rather dig a ditch, you know, do hard, manual labor than write lyrics. — Natalie Merchant
I'm a big John Steinbeck fan. Cormac McCarthy. I've always loved the stories of regular people. Mark Twain, too. When you look back at some… — Lucas Neff
And what we've lost sight of is that performing manual labor with your hands is one of the most incredibly satisfying and positive things you… — Nick Offerman
We must bear in mind that imperialism is a world system, the last stage of capitalism-and it must be defeated in a world confrontation. The… — Che Guevara
W.Z. Foster {head of the American Communist Party}, who had no money, went to Moscow and came back and announced that he was building a… — Samuel Gompers
I think the gains to be achieved by a combination of reforms and labor market adjustments are going to be more permanent and will provide… — Lucas Papademos
I mean, I really, really love playing solo. Definitely, it's like a labor of love, it's not a huge career. It's not that successful, but… — Amy Ray
Making labor less expensive helps firms hire people. — Christina Romer
If there were an election today, Netanyahu would win. Yet, his standing in the polls is also a reflection of the weakness of Ehud Olmert,… — Dennis A. Ross
There's an ethic that says: 'You don't run off to the church for the sacraments of salvation, you establish a personal relationship with God. You… — John Shelton Reed
A continuing narrative throughout Australia's history that says it is better to build up than to tear down - this is the continuing mission of… — Kevin Rudd
We have to change economic policy: create confidence, foster investment, cut the public deficit, restructure taxation and reform the labor laws. — Mariano Rajoy
In all my activities as Armament Minister I never once visited a labor camp, and cannot, therefore, give any information about them. — Albert Speer
I don't think the Republicans would appreciate the comparison, but they're exactly like the Labor Party in England in the 1970s. They're letting their extremists… — Evan Thomas
Time after time we're told corporations should have freedom from pesky job safety regulations, environmental protections and labor standards - giving working people the freedom… — Richard Trumka
At this very moment I'm behind on a compilation that Slave Labor is doing for Free Comic Book Day. — Jhonen Vasquez

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