Labor Quotes

1710 Labor quotes by 1075 unique authors

The decree of a coercive tribunal would not need to conform to the true standard of wages, the final productivity of social labor. It would… — John Bates Clark
If he wants their labor, let them go to work, without regard to politics. — Charles E. Merrill
I think he was explicit that it was a slave labor situation, but I was not alarmed at that point, because there were so many… — Charles Guggenheim
The strike of the miners in Arizona was one of the most remarkable strikes in the history of the American labor movement. Its peaceful character,… — Mary Harris Jones
We have seen a central government promote the power of labor-union bosses, and in turn be supported by that power, until it has become entirely… — Robert W. Welch, Jr.
The credit for much of this rightly belongs to the late Mayor Daley who forged a coalition of business and labor that kept Chicago always… — Jane Byrne
We are men, and propose to live like men in this free land, without the contamination of slave labor, or die like men, if need… — Denis Kearney
A permanent division of labor inevitably creates occupational and class inequality and conflict. — Robert Shea
The National League was born the following year, as an attempt to exert the control of capital over labor. — John Thorn
True Americanism recognizes the enormous gravity of the social and labor problems which confront us. — Henry Cabot Lodge
It will appear evident upon attentive consideration that equality of intellectual and physical advantages is the only sure foundation of liberty, and that such equality… — Frances Wright
We hear of the wealth of nations, of the powers of production, of the demand and supply of markets, and we forget that these words… — Frances Wright
But whether, for example, a coat can be exchanged for twenty yards of linen cloth or for forty yards is not a matter of chance,… — Rudolf Hiferding
Before the war there were many who were more or less ignorant of the international labor movement but who nevertheless turned to it for salvation… — Hjalmar Branting
In a condition of society and under an industrial organization which places labor completely at the mercy of capital, the accumulations of capital will necessarily… — Leland Stanford
It is probable that for a long time to come the mass of mankind in civilized countries will find it both necessary and advantageous to… — Leland Stanford
The only distribution of wealth which is the product of labor, which will be honest, will come through a more equal distribution of the productive… — Leland Stanford
Thence results, for science as well as for industry, the necessity of the division and association of labor. I receive and I give - such… — Mikhail Bakunin
I know that if the peace movement takes its message boldly to the Negro people a powerful force can be secured in pursuit of the… — Paul Robeson
The growth of means of transport has created a world market and an opportunity for division of labor embracing all the developed and most of… — Christian Lous Lange
In a country of such recent civilization as ours, whose almost limitless treasures of material wealth invite the risks of capital and the industry of… — Felix Adler
A labor strike will tear away a lot of the good things going for this league. — Ron Jaworski
And they do those jobs not because they want to take away anything from America, but because they want to give their skills, their sweat,… — Luis Gutierrez
If there was to be a new Europe, there not only had to be a common market, but also great mobility in labor. — Paul Hoffman
The full potential of labor can be utilized only if there is mobility in labor. — Paul Hoffman

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