“A White House dinner is the American family assembled, from labor leaders to billionaires, actors, architects, academicians and athletes.”
Hugh Sidey
“Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.”
Abraham Lincoln
“No labor, however humble, is dishonoring.”
The Talmud
“I believe in the dignity of labor, whether with head or hand; that the world owes no man a living but that it owes every man an opportunity to make a living.”
John D. Rockefeller
“Labor disgraces no man; unfortunately, you occasionally find men who disgrace labor.”
Ulysses S. Grant
“There is no labor a person does that is undignified; if they do it right.”
Bill Cosby
“A truly American sentiment recognizes the dignity of labor and the fact that honor lies in honest toil.”
Grover Cleveland
