Labour Quotes - Page 2
I cannot now change my style, which I acquired, as you can imagine, by dint of labour.
Henri Rousseau, Roger Shattuck, Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.), Galeries nationales du Grand Palais (France) (1985). “Henri Rousseau: essays”, Museum of Modern Art ; Boston : Distributed by New York Graphic Society Books
Michael Foot's election call, February 21, 1974.
Be aware that the reward for labour, and quantity of labour, are quite disparate things.
Karl Marx, Hugh Griffith, F. Engels (2009). “Karl Marx & Friedrich Engels”, p.97, Collector's Library
Labor was the first price, the original purchase - money that was paid for all things.
1776 An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, bk.1, ch.5.
And yet without labour there were no ease, no rest, so much as conceivable.
Thomas Carlyle, G. B. Tennyson (1984). “Carlyle Reader”, p.90, CUP Archive
'Time and Tide' (1867) letter 5
1878 Letter to Eduard Bernstein, 17 Jul.
Alfred Marshall (2010). “Principles of Economics”, p.65, Cosimo, Inc.
Mahatma Gandhi (1966). “Socialism of My Conception”
The circulation of capital realizes value , while living labour creates value .
"Grundrisse". Book by Karl Marx, Notebook V, The Chapter on Capital, p. 463, 1857-1858.
Unless our hands go hand in hand with our heads, we will be able to do nothing whatsoever.
Mahatma Gandhi (1958). “Collected Works”
Karl Marx, Samuel Moore, Edward Aveling, Friedrich Engels (2011). “Capital, Volume I: A Critique of Political Economy”, p.361, Courier Corporation
Karl Marx (1973). “Grundrisse: Foundations of the critique of political economy”, Vintage Books USA
George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.319