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 For as labor cannot produce without the use of land, the denial 
of the equal right to the use read more 
 For as labor cannot produce without the use of land, the denial 
of the equal right to the use of land is necessarily the denial 
of the labor to its own produce. 
 Our fruitless labours mourn,
 And only rich in barren fame return.  
 Our fruitless labours mourn,
 And only rich in barren fame return. 
I learned in the early part of my career that labor must bear the cross for others' sins, must be read more
I learned in the early part of my career that labor must bear the cross for others' sins, must be the vicarious sufferer for the wrongs that others do.
Peace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice. It demands greater heroism than war. It demands greater read more
Peace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice. It demands greater heroism than war. It demands greater fidelity to the truth and a much more perfect purity of conscience.
 They can expect nothing but their labor for their pains.
   - Cervantes (Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra),  
 They can expect nothing but their labor for their pains.
   - Cervantes (Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra), 
I pity the man who wants a coat so cheap that the man or woman who produces the cloth will read more
I pity the man who wants a coat so cheap that the man or woman who produces the cloth will starve in the process.
 He who prays and labours lifts his heart to God with his hands.
 [Lat., Qui orat laborat, cor levat read more 
 He who prays and labours lifts his heart to God with his hands.
 [Lat., Qui orat laborat, cor levat ad Deum cum manibus.] 
Labor is the fruit of civilization, not the basis of it.
Labor is the fruit of civilization, not the basis of it.
 How blest is he who crowns in shades like these,
 A youth of labour with an age of ease.  
 How blest is he who crowns in shades like these,
 A youth of labour with an age of ease.