Labour Quotes

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By far the greatest part of those goods which are the objects of desire, are procured by labour and they may be multiplied, not in… — David Ricardo
There is something at work in my soul which I do not understand. I am practically industrious - painstaking, a workman to execute with perseverance… — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
We have an extreme rightwing government in this country, although it's called the Labour government. — John Pilger
If the way which I have pointed out as leading to this result (i.e., power over the emotions by which the wise man surpasses the… — Baruch Spinoza
We want property, but property restored to its proper limits, that is to say, free distribution of the products of labour, property minus usury! — Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
Competition permits the capitalist to deduct from the price of labour power that which the family earns from its own little garden or field; the… — Friedrich Engels
Scarce any problem will appear more hard and difficult, than that of determining the distance of the Sun from the Earth very near the truth:… — Edmond Halley
If you had a table spread for a feast, and was making merry with your friends, you would think it was kind to let me… — George Eliot
I certainly think that a Labour Government will have to have effective powers to control the outflow of capital. — Michael Foot
I've been on the left of the Party since I joined it about 1934 and I haven't seen much reason for altering...I have always been… — Michael Foot
The gain in self-confidence of having accomplished a tiresome labour is immense. — Arnold Bennett
I am strongly drawn to the simple life and am often oppressed by the feeling that I am engrossing an unnecessary amount of the labour… — Albert Einstein
I am far from any intention to limit curiosity, or confine the labours of learning to arts of immediate and necessary use. It is only… — Samuel Johnson
A rise of wages from this cause will, indeed, be invariably accompanied by a rise in the price of commodities; but in such cases, it… — David Ricardo
If there existed only one man or woman who did not love the Saviour, and if that person lived among the wilds of Siberia, and… — Charles Spurgeon
The Labour party has never been a socialist party, although there have always been socialists in it - a bit like Christians in the Church… — Tony Benn
I know that the right kind of leader for the Labour Party is a desiccated calculating machine who must not in any way permit himself… — Aneurin Bevan
How vainly men themselves amaze, / To win the palm, the oak, or bays; / And their incessant labours see / Crowned from some single… — Andrew Marvell
I'm sick and tired of government ministers in this Labour government who simply blame other people when things go wrong. — Theresa May
And it seems to me in that experience may lie at least some of the clues for policy development perhaps constitutional changes as well that… — Patricia Hewitt

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