Labor Quotes

1710 Labor quotes by 1075 unique authors

The Democratic Party is made up of trial lawyers, labor unions, government employees, big city political machines, the coercive utopians, the radical environmentalists, feminists, and… — Grover Norquist
As more and more Americans own shares of stock, more and more Americans understand that taxing businesses is taxing them. Regulating businesses is taxing them.… — Grover Norquist
I am not a labor hater. — Eddie Rickenbacker
Adam Smith pointed out that there were three things that make us more prosperous, in a general sort of way: freedom to pursue our own… — P.J. O'Rourke
The Parisian has his amusements as regularly as his meals, the theatre, music, the dance, a walk in the Tuilleries, a refection in the cafe,… — William Cullen Bryant
Writing is a marvelous adventure and very labor-intensive: those words run away and try to escape. They are very difficult to capture. — Eduardo Galeano
Though President Grover Cleveland declared Labor Day a national holiday in 1894, the occasion was first observed on Sept. 5, 1882, in New York City. — Brendan I. Koerner
In 1887, Oregon became the first state to make Labor Day an official holiday, with Colorado, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and New York quickly following suit. — Brendan I. Koerner
Monorail tracks are prefabricated and can be erected relatively quickly: Simply dig a hole every 120 feet or so, plop down a column, and lift… — Brendan I. Koerner
From 1945 to 1974, the Western world - including America - was more socialistic than capitalistic, more pro-labor than pro-business. — Robert Kiyosaki
Led by a new generation of edgy sportswriters like Lipsyte, we found new purpose in the great issues of the day - race, equal opportunity,… — Jane Leavy
It is plainly evident that, in a country where land was to be had for the asking, fuel for the cutting, corn for the planting… — Alice Morse Earle
Technology has eliminated the basement darkroom and the whole notion of photography as an intense labor of love for obsessives and replaced them with a… — Joe McNally
You have to be a cop-out or a wash-out or a dropout to come to our college. You have to work with your hands. You… — Bunker Roy
I decided to set out to prove that you could make a reasonable living building for the poor using recycled materials and only hiring unskilled… — Dan Phillips
Since the 1920s, when some U.S. cruise ships decided to fly a Panamanian flag to avoid Prohibition regulations, ships have commonly flown the flag of… — Rose George
In the universities, cheap, vulnerable labor means adjuncts and graduate students. — Noam Chomsky
A consistent anarchist must oppose private ownership of the means of production, and the wage-slavery which is a component of this system, as incompatible with… — Noam Chomsky
If cheap immigrant labor is made unavailable, employers can hire Americans at a higher wage, or replace low-wage immigrant workers with technology and automation, which… — Jan C. Ting
When I was 13, my family moved from a suburb of New York City to Miami, Florida, and we moved there the Friday before Labor… — Chris Bohjalian
Labor believes in sustainability. We believe in acting on climate change, not just talking about it. — Anthony Albanese
Labor is at its best when we are the party of ideas and action - ideas that empower the powerless and actions that build a… — Bill Shorten
I want to build a Big Labor party. A party of big ideas. A party which is deeply connected to the community. A party which… — Bill Shorten
Labor must work harder to attract and retain members. The party should be cheaper to join with discounted rates available for union members as well… — Bill Shorten
When Baby Boomer women started choosing hotel-like birthing centers over hospital delivery rooms, hospitals quickly wised up. Now even rural hospitals offer well-designed labor-delivery-recovery suites. — Virginia Postrel

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