Laborer Quotes

52 Laborer quotes by 44 unique authors

To secure to each laborer the whole product of his labor, or as nearly as possible, is a worthy object of any good government. — Abraham Lincoln
There is nothing but a lack of social vision to prevent us from paying an adequate wage to every American citizen whether he be a… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
I consider myself a laborer, building my career brick over brick under the sun. — Shakira
Coal lay in ledges under the ground since the Flood, until a laborer with pick and windlass brings it to the surface. We may well… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Whatever capital you divert to the support of a shiftless and good-for-nothing person is so much diverted from some other employment, and that means from… — William Graham Sumner
A laborer might last ten years or so before expiring. But individual workers in the death camp of sugar were survived by their culture, which… — Ned Sublette
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
No one can feel more gratefully the charm of noble scenery, or the refreshment of escape into the unspoiled solitudes of nature, than the laborer… — Lucy Larcom
The teacher's chief difficulty is poverty. He (or she) belongs to a badly paid profession. He cannot dress and live like a workman, but he… — Gilbert Highet
You were only truly patriotic if you had a laborer for a grandfather and were glad of it. — Rebecca Harding Davis
This life as a simple citizen and laborer has its benefits not only for the person himself but perhaps also for his country. After all,… — David Ben-Gurion
I class myself as a manual laborer. — Theodore White
When money is controlled by a few it gives that few an undue power and control over labor and the resources of the country. Labor… — Leland Stanford
I'm Method trained. How is this character like me? What does she think of her mother? What does her mother think of her? It's like… — Ellen Barkin
A foul-mouthed oaf, a drunken laborer lying in a drain, a beaten wife with blackened eyes and torn clothes, cannot be made romantic to a… — Joyce Cary
We want to shut down the day laborer site. This day laborer site undermines and violates federal immigration law, and it can't go forward. — Tom Fitton
What made me want to go into doing comics was I was working as a laborer with my father, a gardener. — Dan DeCarlo
So many sins against the poor cry out to high heaven! One of the most deadly sins is to deprive the laborer of his hire.… — Dorothy Day
Of life's two chief prizes, beauty and truth, I found the first in a loving heart and the second in a laborer's hand. — Khalil Gibran
Capital is reckless of the health or length of life of the laborer, unless under compulsion from society. — Karl Marx
A man who works with his hands is a laborer; a man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman; but a… — Louis Nizer
There are treasures in books that all the money in the world cannot buy, but the poorest laborer can have for nothing. — Robert Green Ingersoll
You can either set brick as a laborer or as an artist. You can make the work a chore, or you can have a good… — Anne Lamott
The really efficient laborer will be found not to crowd his day with work, but will saunter to his task surrounded by a wide halo… — Henry David Thoreau
Man exists for his own sake and not to add a laborer to the State. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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