Labour Quotes

622 quotes by 397 authors

[About Francis Baily] The history of the astronomy of the nineteenth century will be incomplete without a catalogue of his labours. He was one of… — Augustus De Morgan
A relation is formed betwixt every man and the fruits of his own labour, the very thing we call property, which he himself is sensible… — Henry Home, Lord Kames
These are the men who, without virtue, labour, or hazard, are growing rich, as their country is impoverished; they rejoice, when obstinacy or ambition adds… — Samuel Johnson
As so often happens in philosophy, clever people accept a false general principle on a priori grounds and then devote endless labour and ingenuity to… — C. D. Broad
Judge yourself and beware of passing judgement on others. In judging others we expend our energy to no purpose; we are often mistaken and easily… — Thomas a Kempis
It is not eminent talent that is required to ensure success in any pursuit, so much as purpose-not merely the power to achieve, but the… — Samuel Smiles
If we are tough on crime and on terrorism, as Labour is, then I think Britain will be safer under Labour — Peter Hain
It is a good discipline to be forced to work for work's sake, even to the length of not being allowed to enjoy the fruits… — Swami Vivekananda
What is easy to read has been difficult to write. The labour of writing and rewriting, correcting and recorrecting, is the due exacted by every… — G. M. Trevelyan
It is good to see two women from Britain's minority ethnic communities fighting in seats that Labour won at the last election. — Unknown Author
I've never known a time when the in-fighting in the Labour Party was so bitter. — Roy Hattersley
...180 million kids are engaged in the worst forms of child labour. Put it all together and it is not only morally unacceptable, but politically… — Juan Somavia
Communism deprives no man of the ability to appropriate the fruits of his labour. The only thing it deprives him of is the ability to… — Karl Marx
Capitalism has triumphed all over the world, but this triumph is only the prelude to the triumph of labour over capital. — Vladimir Lenin
It is here we come to the heart of the matter. The economic principle of comparative advantage', 'a country may, in return for manufactured commodities,… — David Ricardo
The understanding which has driven New Labour's reform is to put the individual citizen - the patient, the parent, the pupil, the law abiding citizen… — Tony Blair
The first of all commodities to be exchanged is labour, and the freedom of man consists only in the exercise of the right to determine… — Henry Charles Carey
The beginnings of moral enterprises in this world are never to be measured by any apparent growth. ... At length comes the sudden ripeness and… — Henry Ward Beecher
If the [Vestiges] be true, the labours of sober induction are in vain; religion is a lie; human law is a mass of folly, and… — Adam Sedgwick
No person will deny that the highest degree of attainable accuracy is an object to be desired, and it is generally found that the last… — Charles Babbage

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