Labour Quotes

622 Labour quotes by 397 unique authors

Gold and silver, like other commodities, have an intrinsic value, which is not arbitrary, but is dependent on their scarcity, the quantity of labour bestowed… — David Ricardo
After believing in promises made and never fulfilled by Labour, people have become increasingly disenchanted with the process assuming that all politicians will say anything… — Adam Rickitt
My mom used to make everything. She had a great garden and composted and made everything from scratch - peanut butter, bread, jelly, everything. I… — Julia Roberts
As you know, the Australian Labour Party is committed to turning the country into a republic. We've not stipulated a timeline for doing that. We… — Kevin Rudd
A firm, for instance, that does business in many countries of the world is driven to spend an enormous amount of time, labour, and money… — Edward Sapir
The trouble with the Labour Party leadership and the trade union leadership, they're quite willing to applaud millions on the streets of the Philippines or… — Arthur Scargill
Labour was the first price, the original purchase - money that was paid for all things. It was not by gold or by silver, but… — Adam Smith
Government cannot do it all. As we work hard to break welfare dependency and get young people ready for the labour market, we need businesses… — Iain Duncan Smith
If a man loves the labour of his trade, apart from any question of success or fame, the gods have called him. — Robert Louis Stevenson
Ants are so much like human beings as to be an embarrassment. They farm fungi, raise aphids as livestock, launch armies into war, use chemical… — Lewis Thomas
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

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