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The Best Labor Day Quotes

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  • 71

    The man who doesn't relax and hoot a few hoots voluntarily, now and then, is in great danger of hooting hoots and standing on his head for the edification of the pathologist and trained nurse, a little later on.

    - Elbert Hubbard
    More than 5 years ago by aschrage  ID#:16570

  • 72

    Ten thousand times has the labor movement stumbled and bruised itself. We have been enjoined by the courts, assaulted by thugs, charged by the militia, traduced by the press, frowned upon in public opinion, and deceived by politicians. 'But notwithstanding all this and all these, labor is today the most vital and potential power this planet has ever known, and its historic mission is as certain of ultimate realization as is the setting of the sun.

    - Eugene V. Debs (1894)
    More than 5 years ago by aschrage  ID#:16611

  • 73

    Labor Day differs in every essential from other holidays of the year in any country. All other holidays are in a more or less degree connected with conflict 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 Day is devoted to no man, living or dead, to no sect, race or nation.

    - Samual Gempers, founder and president of the American Federation of Labor
    More than 5 years ago by aschrage  ID#:16612

  • 74

    Washing ones hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.

    - Paulo Freire, Brazilian educator
    More than 5 years ago by aschrage  ID#:16618

  • 75

    The strongest bond of human sympathy outside the family relation should be one uniting working people of all nations and tongues and kindreds.

    - Abraham Lincoln
    More than 5 years ago by aschrage  ID#:16624

  • 76

    True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar; it comes to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring.

    - Martin Luther King, Jr.
    More than 5 years ago by aschrage  ID#:16627

  • 77

    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
    More than 5 years ago by aschrage  ID#:16629

  • 78

    The labor movement is organized upon a principle that the strong shall help the weak. The strength of a strong man is a prideful thing, but the unfortunate thing in life is that strong men do not remain strong. And it is just as true of unions and labor organizations as is true of men and individuals. And whereas today the craft unions of this country may be able to stand upon their own feet and like mighty oaks stand before the gale, defy the lightning, yet the day may come when those organizations will not be able to withstand the lightning and the gale. Now, prepare yourselves by making a contribution to your less fortunate brethren... Organize the unorganized!

    - John L. Lewis
    More than 5 years ago by aschrage  ID#:16634

  • 79

    Let the workers organize. Let the toilers assemble. Let their crystallized voice proclaim their injustices and demand their privileges. Let all thoughtful citizens sustain them, for the future of Labor is the future of America.

    - John L. Lewis
    More than 5 years ago by aschrage  ID#:16635

  • 80

    When we talk about equal pay for equal work, women in the workplace are beginning to catch up. If we keep going at this current rate, we will achieve full equality in about 475 years. I don't know about you, but I can't wait that long.

    - Lya Sorano
    More than 5 years ago by aschrage  ID#:16637
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