Labor Quotes - Page 3

• Every man is dishonest who lives upon the labor of others, no matter if he occupies a throne.

  Robert Green Ingersoll

  Men, Economic Inequality, Political

  Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). “The works of Robert G. Ingersoll”, p.236, Library of Alexandria

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• If all the cars in the United States were placed end to end, it would probably be Labor Day Weekend.

  Doug Larson

  Fun, Work, Weekend

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• There is no America without labor, and to fleece the one is to rob the other.

  Abraham Lincoln

  America, Fleece

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• Blessed is he who has found his work; let him ask no other blessedness.

  Thomas Carlyle

  Motivational, Happiness, Business

  Thomas Carlyle (2014). “The Selected Works of Thomas Carlyle”, p.396, Lulu.com

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• Labor Day is devoted to no man, living or dead, to no sect, race or nation.

  Samuel Gompers

  Men, Race, Labor Day

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• Peace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice. It demands greater heroism than war. It demands greater fidelity to the truth and a much more perfect purity of conscience.

  Thomas Merton

  Peace, War, Sacrifice

  Thomas Merton (2010). “The Nonviolent Alternative”, p.35, Macmillan

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• Labor, if it were not necessary for existence, would be indispensable for the happiness of man.

  Samuel Johnson

  Happiness, Men, Would Be

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• Labor is still, and ever will be, the inevitable price set upon everything which is valuable.

  Samuel Smiles

  Work, Inevitable, Valuable

  Samuel Smiles (1861). “Self-help, with Illustrations of Character and Conduct”, p.286

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• Poorly paid labor is inefficient labor, the world over.

  Henry George

  Philosophy, Economic Inequality, Political

  Henry George (1911). “The complete works of Henry George”

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• He who labors as he prays lifts his heart to God with his hands.

  Benedict of Nursia

  Faith, Inspiration, Heart

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• All other holidays are in a more or less degree connected with conflicts and battles of man's prowess over man, of strife and discord for greed and power, of glories achieved by one nation over another. Labor Dayis devoted to no man, living or dead, to no sect, race, or nation.

  Samuel Gompers

  Holiday, Men, Race

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• Peace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice.

  Thomas Merton

  Peace, Sacrifice, Heroism

  Thomas Merton (2010). “The Nonviolent Alternative”, p.35, Macmillan

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• The biggest labor problem is tomorrow.

  Brigham Young

  Tomorrow, Problem

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• There is always work, and tools to work withal, for those, who will.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Horny, Toil, Tools

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• Only a fool would try to deprive working men and working women of their right to join the union of their choice.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Men, Choices, Democracy

  Dwight D. Eisenhower, Alfred Dupont Chandler, Louis Galambos (1978). “The papers: The chief of staff”

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• For as labor cannot produce without the use of land, the denial of the equal right to the use of land is necessarily the denial of the labor to its own produce.

  Henry George

  Land, Use, Denial

  Henry George (2006). “Progress and Poverty”, p.242, Cosimo, Inc.

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• My grandfather once told me that there were two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was much less competition.

  Indira Gandhi

  Funny, Success, Leadership

  "Taking Charge : Every Woman's Action Guide to Personal, Political and Professional Success". Book by Joan Steinau Lester )p. 76), 1996.

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• Skilled labor teaches something not to be found in books or in colleges.

  Laura Matilda Towne

  Education, Book, School

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• A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life are based on the labors of others.

  Albert Einstein

  Interesting, Economics, Hundred

  Albert Einstein (2010). “Ideas And Opinions”, p.8, Broadway Books

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• Excellence in any department can be attained only by the labor of a lifetime; it is not to be purchased at a lesser price.

  Samuel Johnson

  Encouragement, Hard Work, Excellence

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• Life gives nothing to man without labor.

  Horace

  Life, Men, Giving

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• If the workers are organized, all they have to do is to put their hands in their pockets and they have got the capitalist class whipped.

  Bill Haywood

  Hands, Class, Pockets

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• History is a great teacher. Now everyone knows that the labor movement did not diminish the strength of the nation but enlarged it. By raising the living standards of millions, labor miraculously created a market for industry and lifted the whole nation to undreamed of levels of production. Those who attack labor forget these simple truths, but history remembers them.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Teacher, Simple, Labour Movement

  Speech to the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL - CIO), December 11, 1961.

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• Although it is true that only about 20 percent of American workers are in unions, that 20 percent sets the standards across the board in salaries, benefits and working conditions. If you are making a decent salary in a non-union company, you owe that to the unions. One thing that corporations do not do is give out money out of the goodness of their hearts.

  Molly Ivins

  Heart, Giving, Salary

  "Labor’s Fight Is OUR Fight" by Dave Johnson, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 29, 2012.

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• The fact is whether one looks at this [outsourcing] in terms of men and women, working men and women in this country who are simply being screwed, or whether one looks at this in terms of corporations who are benefiting, the fact is it is certainly not helping the American economy.

  Lou Dobbs

  Country, Men, Looks

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