“What can Labor do for itself? The answer is not difficult. Labor can organize, it can unify; it can consolidate its forces. This done, it can demand and command.” DoneForceDifficultAnswersDemandLaborCommandOrganizeLabor Union Author:Eugene V. Debs
“I once asked a distinguished artist what place he gave to labor in art. "Labor," he in effect said, "is the beginning, the middle, and the end of art." Turning then to another--"And you," I inquired, "what do you consider as the great force in art?" "Love," he replied. In their two answers I found but one truth.” ArtSaidTwoEndsArtistFoundForceAnswersMiddleEffectsLaborDistinguishedArt Love Book:Intuitions and Summaries of Thought Source: Intuitions and Summaries of Thought
“English audiences of working people are like an instrument that responds to the player. Thought ripples up and down them, and if in some heart the speaker strikes a dissonance there is a swift answer. Always the voice speaks from gallery or pit, the terrible voice which detaches itself in every English crowd, full of caustic wit, full of irony or, maybe, approval.” PeopleIfsHeartSpeakVoiceAnswersAudiencePlayerTerribleLaborEnglandInstrumentsCrowdsStrikesWitIronySpeakersApprovalUp And DownPitsGalleryRippleDissonanceLabor MovementCaustic Author:Mary Heaton Vorse
“Free markets. What does this system mean? The answer is simple: it is the market economy, it is the system in which the cooperation of individuals in the social division of labor is achieved by the market.” MeanDoeIndividualSocialSimpleAnswersEconomyLaborDivisionCooperationFree MarketMarket EconomyDivision Of LaborSocial Division Author:Ludwig von Mises