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Labor Quotes

The effort behind every livelihood.

This page marks the significance of labor movement history and looks honestly at how joblessness can persist even during broader economic recovery. Explore Business quotes for more.

I'm proud to represent those hands that labor in this country.

Quotes by Lupe Ontiveros

Modern society, based as it is on the division of labor, can be preserved only under conditions of lasting peace.

Quotes by Ludwig von Mises

The fruit derived from labor is the sweetest of pleasures.

Quotes by Luc de Clapiers

We have seen the civil rights movement insist on re-writing many of the textbooks in our universities and schools. The labor unions likewise insist that textbooks be fair to the viewpoints of organized labor. Other interested citizens groups have not...

Quotes by Lewis F. Powell, Jr.

The great advantage to labor arising out of co-operative effort has been apparent to me for many years.

Quotes by Leland Stanford

The seeming antagonism between capital and labor is the result of deceptive appearance.

Quotes by Leland Stanford

School after Labor Day is now the law of the land in Maryland.

Quotes by Larry Hogan

Labor has a proud history of tackling discrimination and introducing important social reform.

Quotes by Lara Giddings

Labor Day means grilling outside!

Quotes by Katie Lee

Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.

Quotes by Joseph Joubert

The National League was born the following year, as an attempt to exert the control of capital over labor.

Quotes by John Thorn

All wealth is the product of labor.

Quotes by John Locke

I knew that as a pharmacy student I would obtain military deferment. As I was of Jewish origin, this meant that I would not have to serve in a forced labor unit of the Hungarian army.

Quotes by John Harsanyi

The decree of a coercive tribunal would not need to conform to the true standard of wages, the final productivity of social labor. It would introduce into distribution a genuinely arbitrary element, with a very large ultimate power to pervert...

Quotes by John Bates Clark

Gothenburg is the Baltimore or Liverpool or Marseille of Sweden - plagued by the death of wharfs and other industries, and with complex segregation of the populace from southern Europe, which once brought in a labor force that suddenly found...

Quotes by Johan Renck

In the ancient world, taxes were paid in kind: landowners paid in crops or livestock; the landless paid with their labor. Taxing trade made medieval monarchs rich and funded the early-modern state.

Quotes by Jill Lepore

President Trump ran on protecting U.S. jobs and renegotiating unfair trade policies - those policies strengthen labor laws around the world.

Quotes by Jan Schakowsky

Labor is the fabled magician's wand, the philosophers stone, and the cap of good fortune.

Quotes by James Weldon Johnson

An artist is not paid for his labor but for his vision.

Quotes by James Whistler

Labor Day is seen as a day of rest for many hardworking Americans.

Quotes by James P. Hoffa

Frequently Asked Questions

What does the Labor quotes page cover?
It marks the significance of labor movement history and looks honestly at how joblessness can persist even during broader economic recovery.
Why do people search for labor quotes?
Work and its fair reward touch nearly everyone, so readers often look for language that speaks to the value and struggle of labor.
Do these quotes focus only on historical labor movements?
No, one line frames labor and capital together, noting how a productive, industrious society creates value that neither could generate alone.
Is unemployment addressed in this collection?
Yes, one sample notes that joblessness in some communities does not always respond to standard fiscal and monetary policy alone.
What related page pairs well with this topic?
Try Business quotes for more on work and economic life.

Another line frames labor and capital together, noting how a productive society creates value neither could generate alone. See also Day or Shayari for labor.