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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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When admirals extoll'd for standing still,
Of doing nothing with a deal of skill.

When admirals extoll'd for standing still,
Of doing nothing with a deal of skill.

by William Cowper Found in: Labor Quotes,
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Who will not suffer labor in this world, let him not be born.

Who will not suffer labor in this world, let him not be born.

by John Florio 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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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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Not all the labor of the earth
Is done by hardened hands.

Not all the labor of the earth
Is done by hardened hands.

by Will Carleton 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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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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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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Thou, O God, dost sell us all good things at the price of labor

Thou, O God, dost sell us all good things at the price of labor

by Leonardo Da Vinci Found in: Labor Quotes,
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