Labour Quotes

622 Labour quotes by 397 unique authors

I have observed that almost all those whose labour lies in the field, and who go down to their business in the green meadows, admit… — Richard Jefferies
New legislation has just been adopted by the International Labour Organization on the Worst Forms of Child Labor, such as bonded labour, prostitution and hazardous… — Carol Bellamy
But while we can never predict where events will take us or the unavoidable bills we will have to pay as a consequence, we must… — Liam Fox
Sleep, rest of nature, O sleep, most gentle of the divinities, peace of the soul, thou at whose presence care disappears, who soothest hearts wearied… — Unknown Author
Genius: 1. to believe your own thought. To believe that what is true for you is ultimately true. 2. a sledgehammer. 3. the fruit of… — Heinrich Heine
Such labour'd nothings, in so strange a style, Amaze th' unlearn'd and make the learned smile. — Alexander Pope
I cannot now change my style, which I acquired, as you can imagine, by dint of labour. — Henri Rousseau
For more than five years I maintained myself thus solely by the labour of my hands, and I found, that by working about six weeks… — Henry David Thoreau
Neither great nor good things were ever attained without loss and hardships. Those that would reap and not labour, must faint with the wind, and… — William Penn
Excellence is never granted to man, but as the reward of labour. — Joshua Reynolds
I would define globalization as the freedom for my group of companies to invest where it wants when it wants, to produce what it wants,… — Unknown Author
Millions of our fellow human beings continue to live as contemporary slaves, victims of abominable practices like human trafficking, forced labour and sexual exploitation. Countless… — Ban Ki-moon
Knowledge is being applied to knowledge itself. It is now fast becoming the one factor in production, sidelining both capital and labour. — Peter Drucker
The new generation of Labour is different. Different attitudes, different ideas, different ways of doing politics. — Ed Miliband
We need to keep this Labour government, it has a good chance of another term. — Clare Short
There is no other Parliament like the English. For the ordinary man, elected to any senate, from Perisa to Peru, they may be a certain… — Josiah Wedgwood
Labour leaders lead us all, though we know they bleed us all. Cheer our new Decline and Fall, Gibbon might have dreamed it all. — Noel Coward
First, you have to have fun. Second, you have to put love where your labour is. Third, you have to go in the opposite direction… — Anita Roddick
For reforms ameliorate the situation of the working class, they lighten the weight of the chains labour is burdened with by capitalism, but they are… — Clara Zetkin
What made women's labour particularly attractive to the capitalists was not only its lower price but also the greater submissiveness of women. The capitalists speculate… — Clara Zetkin

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