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    The workers asked only for bread and a shortening of the long hours of toil. The agitators gave them visions. The police gave them clubs.

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And yet without labour there were no ease, no rest, so much as
conceivable.

And yet without labour there were no ease, no rest, so much as
conceivable.

by Thomas Carlyle Found in: Labor Quotes,
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The laboring man has not leisure for a true integrity day by day.

The laboring man has not leisure for a true integrity day by day.

by Henry David Thoreau Found in: Labor Quotes,
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It is so far from being needless pains, that it may bring
considerable profit, to carry Charcoals to Newcastle.

It is so far from being needless pains, that it may bring
considerable profit, to carry Charcoals to Newcastle.

by Thomas Fuller Found in: Labor Quotes,
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Skilled labor teaches something not to be found in books or colleges.

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

by Harriet H. Robinson Found in: Labor Quotes,
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American labor, which is the capital of our workingmen.

American labor, which is the capital of our workingmen.

by Steven Grover Cleveland Found in: Labor Quotes,
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Every man is dishonest who lives upon the labor of others, no matter if he occupies a throne.

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

by Robert Green Ingersoll Found in: Labor Quotes,
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Labor is discovered to be the grand conqueror, enriching and
building up nations more surely than the proudest battles.

Labor is discovered to be the grand conqueror, enriching and
building up nations more surely than the proudest battles.

by William Ellery Channing Found in: Labor Quotes,
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A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is visible labor and there is invisible labor.

A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is visible labor and there is invisible labor.

by Victor Hugo Found in: Labor Quotes,
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Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire, called conscience.

Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire, called conscience.

by George Washington Found in: Labor Quotes,
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