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Quotes About Labour

Our Vision 2030 remains the blueprint for inclusive growth, social cohesion, and prosperity for all. Under this plan, we will continue to develop skills that can help our country realise its developmental goals and address labour market issues.
~ Cyril Ramaphosa
It's become unfashionable to celebrate political achievement, and Labour achievement even less so. And it's positively uncouth to be proud of something that this Labour government is doing. So, slam me for saying so, but I'm really proud of the NHS.
~ Lucy Powell
In Scotland, the indication is that for the Westminster elections at least, Labour voters are satisfied with their government.
~ Lucy Powell
As the prospect of a Tory government gets nearer, many traditional Labour voters - some who switched away in recent times and many who stayed at home - seem more determined to prevent that happening.
~ Lucy Powell
Although my seat is a contest between Labour and the Lib Dems, it could well make the difference between a Labour and a Tory government at the next election. In terms of international development, this choice is a very clear one.
~ Lucy Powell
The choice between a Labour government and a Tory one is sharpening minds.
~ Lucy Powell
We in the Labour party know better than most that opposition is the easy part. What's more difficult is governing and setting out an agenda for government.
~ Lucy Powell
In politics, the number of women in the cabinet has fallen and, if current poll trends continue and Labour loses a number of marginal seats, the number of female MPs is likely to drop significantly.
~ Lucy Powell
Miracle is agreeable because … it satisfies the wishes of man without labour[.]
~ Ludwig Feuerbach
Economic history shows us a continual increase in the demand for money. The characteristic feature of the development of the demand for money is its intensification; the growth of division of labour and consequently of exchange transactions, which have constantly become more and more indirect and dependent on the use of money, have helped to bring this about, as well as the increase of population and prosperity.
~ Ludwig von Mises
the essence of the ownership of the means of production in a society which divides labour differs from that found where the division of labour does not take place; and that it differs essentially from the ownership of consumption goods in any economic order.
~ Ludwig von Mises
Historically the division of labour originates in two facts of nature: the ?inequality of human abilities and the variety of the external conditions of ?human life on earth. These two facts are really one: the diversity of ?Nature
~ Ludwig von Mises
But one day (amongst all the sermons our parson made) his subject was, to treat of the Sabbath day, and of the evil of breaking that, either with labour, sports or otherwise.  (Now, I was, notwithstanding my religion, one that took much delight in all manner of vice, and especially that was the day that I did solace myself therewith): wherefore I fell in my conscience under his sermon, thinking and believing that he made that sermon on purpose to show me my evil doing. 
~ John Bunyan
Who would true valour see, / Let him come hither. . . / fancies fly away, / He'll fear not what men say, / He'll labour night and day / To be a pilgrim.
~ John Bunyan
Casual amorists have indeed no notion of the world-deep sensuality of united physical labour. More than anything else this can give to a man and a girl a mysterious unity.
~ John Cowper Powys
Traditional agriculture was labour intensive, industrial agriculture is energy intensive, and permaculture-designed systems are information and design intensive.
~ David Holmgren
I shall not rest until, once again, the destinies of our people and our party are joined together again in victory at the next general election Labour in its rightful place in government again.
~ Tony Blair
Oxford lends sweetness to labour and dignity to leisure.
~ Henry James
'Dignity of Labour' is a subject to be learnt from Australia!
~ Narendra Modi
A plea for the spinning wheel is a plea for recognizing the dignity of labour.
~ Mahatma Gandhi
The concept of dignity of labour took people off the street.
~ Sunday Adelaja
One of the major contributions of the Protestant faith to the world is the culture of dignity of labour.
~ Sunday Adelaja
And if we must educate our poets and artists in science, we must educate our masters, labour and capital, in art.
~ John B. S. Haldane
Excitement may galvanize the Christian's hands into a fitful and spasmodic activity. But there will be no patient continuance in well-doing, no unwearied labour in missionary work at home or abroad, without love.
~ J.C. Ryle