(1795 quotes found)
“Labor was the first price, the original purchase-money that was paid for all things.”
Adam Smith
“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
“Don't agonize, organize.”
Florynce R. Kennedy
“...get together and organize. Which is to say - learn how to get things done together that we can't get done alone. That's all a union was meant to be.”
Utah Phillips
“We've been consistently surprised by the strength of the labor market. We still think over the next year it will moderate amid slowing housing and consumer spending.”
Adam Carr