All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.

All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.

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.

Labor is man's greatest function. He is nothing, he can do nothing, he can achieve nothing, he can fulfill nothing, read more

Labor is man's greatest function. He is nothing, he can do nothing, he can achieve nothing, he can fulfill nothing, without working.

Labour itself is but a sorrowful song,
The protest of the weak against the strong.

Labour itself is but a sorrowful song,
The protest of the weak against the strong.

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.

On their side the workers had only the Constitution. The other side had bayonets.

On their side the workers had only the Constitution. The other side had bayonets.

Every man is dishonest who lives upon the labor of others, no matter if he occupies a throne.

Every man is dishonest who lives upon the labor of others, no matter if he occupies a throne.

Not all the labor of the earth
Is done by hardened hands.

Not all the labor of the earth
Is done by hardened hands.

I believe in the dignity of labor, whether with head or hand; that the world owes no man a living read more

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.