Labor Quotes

1710 Labor quotes by 1075 unique authors

A White House dinner is the American family assembled, from labor leaders to billionaires, actors, architects, academicians and athletes. — Hugh Sidey
Labour was the first price, the original purchase - money that was paid for all things. It was not by gold or by silver, but… — Adam Smith
Labor was the first price, the original purchase - money that was paid for all things. — Adam Smith
The test of a vocation is the love of the drudgery it involves. — Logan Pearsall Smith
How would it be possible if salvation were ready to our hand, and could without great labor be found, that it should be by almost… — Baruch Spinoza
A man who is without capital, and who, by prohibitions upon banking, is practically forbidden to hire any, is in a condition elevated but one… — Lysander Spooner
The production of wealth is the result of agreement between labor and capital, between employer and employed. Its distribution, therefore, will follow the law of… — Leland Stanford
Labor can and will become its own employer through co-operative association. — Leland Stanford
Legislation has been and is still directed towards the protection of wealth, rather than towards the far more important interests of labor on which everything… — Leland Stanford
The country blacksmith who employs no journeyman is never conscious of any conflict between the capital invested in his anvil, hammer and bellows, and the… — Leland Stanford
We are the only class in history that has been left to fight its battles alone, unaided by the ruling powers. White labor and the… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton
No man can call himself liberal, or radical, or even a conservative advocate of fair play, if his work depends in any way on the… — Gloria Steinem
In the struggle between capital and labor, more often than not capital has won, because the real source of value for most companies has historically… — James Surowiecki
The value of a currency is, ultimately, what someone will give you for it - whether in food, fuel, assets, or labor. And that's always… — James Surowiecki
Socialism proposes no adequate substitute for the motive of enlightened selfishness that today is at the basis of all human labor and effort, enterprise and… — William Howard Taft
The late Estee Lauder says you can never wear white shoes after Labor Day. But of course, in today's world, that does not exist. — Andre Leon Talley
Reduce the complexity of life by eliminating the needless wants of life, and the labors of life reduce themselves. — Edwin Way Teale
Those who invest in South Africa should not think they are doing us a favor; they are here for what they get out of our… — Desmond Tutu
Labor wants pride and joy in doing good work, a sense of making or doing something beautiful or useful - to be treated with dignity… — Thorstein Veblen
Men of lofty genius when they are doing the least work are most active. — Leonardo da Vinci
I very much faced my mother's death with hard, arduous and time-consuming labor. The more I would do, the less I would feel. — Rufus Wainwright
The necessity of every one paying in his own labor for what he consumes, affords the only legitimate and effectual check to excessive luxury, which… — Josiah Warren
Dignify and glorify common labor. It is at the bottom of life that we must begin, not at the top. — Booker T. Washington
Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire, called conscience. — George Washington
Let us not forget that the cultivation of the earth is the most important labor of man. When tillage begins, other arts will follow. The… — Daniel Webster

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