Labour Quotes

622 Labour quotes by 397 unique authors

As to happiness in this life it is hardly compatible with that diminished respect which ever attends the relinquishing of labour. — Anthony Trollope
One of the striking features of the form of globalisation that has now been established is that it is based on the premise that goods… — Roberto Unger
I came back from university thinking I knew all about politics and racism, not knowing my dad had been one of the youngest-serving Labour councillors… — Johnny Vegas
I have considered voting Conservative because I am so against the Labour party. — Vivienne Westwood
The capitalist system is about taking from the Earth and from the other great commodity, labour. What's happening with this system is that the rich… — Vivienne Westwood
To say of a picture, as is often said in its praise, that it shows great and earnest labour, is to say that it is… — James Whistler
Wisdom alone is true ambition's aim, wisdom is the source of virtue and of fame; obtained with labour, for mankind employed, and then, when most… — Alfred North Whitehead
My first vote was for a communist in east London when I was a medical student. But I've voted Tory, Labour and Lib Dem in… — Robert Winston
The American Dream, coupled with government subsidies of utilities and cheap consumer goods courtesy of slave labour somewhere else, has kept the poor huddled masses… — Elizabeth Wurtzel
Joy is of the will which labours, which overcomes obstacles, which knows triumph. — William Butler Yeats
Enable every woman who can work to take her place on the labour front, under the principle of equal pay for equal work. — Mao Zedong
What made women's labour particularly attractive to the capitalists was not only its lower price but also the greater submissiveness of women. — Clara Zetkin
In individual industries where female labour pays an important role, any movement advocating better wages, shorter working hours, etc., would not be doomed from the… — Clara Zetkin
Daily life is better when it involves interactions with real people who have a personal investment in their labour, like shopkeepers, than it is with… — Julian Baggini
On the environment and climate change, I suspect that future generations will think there was too much timidity, too much fear of upsetting business. Basically,… — Geoff Mulgan
But there is in everything a reasonable division of labour. I have written the book, and nothing on earth would induce me to read it. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
A small daily task, if it be really daily, will beat the labours of a spasmodic Hercules. — Anthony Trollope
Charity is a very labour-intensive virtue. — Garth Nix
Our labour preserves us from three great evils -- weariness, vice, and want. — Voltaire
To discover the rules of society that are best suited to nations, there would need to exist a superior intelligence, who could understand the passions… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Beyond the obvious facts that he has at some time done manual labour, that he takes snuff, that he is a Freemason, that he has… — Arthur Conan Doyle
When he painted a road, the roadmakers were there in his imagination, when he painted the turned earth of a ploughed field, the gesture of… — John Berger
Nothing should be made by man's labour which is not worth making, or which must be made by labour degrading to the makers. — William Morris
Do you know that I have undergone three quarters of this labour entirely for the sake of the fourth quarter? — Thomas Hardy
The labours of men of genius, however erroneously directed, scarcely ever fail in ultimately turning to the solid advantage of mankind. — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

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