Wage Quotes

457 Wage quotes by 337 unique authors

A fair day's wage for a fair day's work": it is as just a demand as governed men ever made of governing. It is the… — Thomas Carlyle
There are people who would like to get rid of minimum wage. But we have to have it, because if we didn't some people would… — Chris Rock
Night comes, world-jewelled, . . . The stars rush forth in myriads as to wage War with the lines of Darkness; and the moon, Pale… — Philip James Bailey
Monsanto doesn't care about feeding the world. We have to think about the wage slavery of migrant workers and salary slavery of those who are… — Wendell Berry
It's a mistake to think that any increase in wages is inflationary and there is substantial room for non-inflationary wage growth, particularly at the bottom… — Jared Bernstein
We are in the midst of a protracted wage slump, ... a troubling trend that is largely going unnoticed by policymakers. — Jared Bernstein
This is a sensible response to employer concerns that the minimum wage is starting to have a damaging impact on competitiveness. — Digby Jones, Baron Jones of Birmingham
Wal-Mart provides a chilling example of the damage that low-wage, nonunion corporations can wreak, and their business model is going to set the standards for… — Andy Stern
To the extent that hiring in high-wage, developed economies continues to lag, the sustainability of any impetus to private consumption can be drawn into serious… — Stephen S. Roach
Low-wage workers are also consumers. It's just common sense: when these workers have more take-home pay it leads to spending that trickles up to benefit… — Mark Price
If you wage war, do it energetically and with severity. This is the only way to make it shorter and consequently less inhuman. — Napoleon Bonaparte
No man can be a good citizen unless he has a wage more than sufficient to cover the bare cost of living, and hours of… — Theodore Roosevelt
If a man or a woman puts in an honest day's work, they should to be able to earn a living wage. — Richard Codey
To the second end, we hold that minimum wage commissions should be established in the Nation and in each State to inquire into wages paid… — Theodore Roosevelt
We stand for a living wage. Wages are subnormal if they fail to provide a living for those who devote their time and energy to… — Theodore Roosevelt
If I were a factory employee, a workman on the railroads or a wage-earner of any sort, I would undoubtedly join the union of my… — Theodore Roosevelt
The first to come and the last to go, working for that minimum wage. — Jackson Browne
What is the source of power of musicians who are financially browbeaten, most of whom work for minimum wage or less? Musicians who cannot even… — Itay Talgam
The wise young man or wage earner of today invests his money in real estate. — Andrew Carnegie
A holy war is a contradiction in terms. War dehumanizes, war diminishes, war debases all those who wage it. — Elie Wiesel
From time immemorial, people have talked about peace without achieving it. Do we simply lack enough experience? Though we talk peace, we wage war. Sometimes… — Elie Wiesel
In fact, the wage-price spiral is the functional counterpart of unemployment. The latter occurs when there is insufficient demand; the spiral operates when there is… — John Kenneth Galbraith
Don’t let anybody tell you that raising the minimum wage will kill jobs, — Hillary Clinton
Thus suicidal selfishness, that blights The fairest feelings of the opening heart, Is destined to decay, whilst from the soil Shall spring all virtue, all… — Percy Bysshe Shelley
Against the beautiful and the clever and the successful, one can wage a pitiless war, but not against the unattractive: then the millstone weighs on… — Graham Greene

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