Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2015-09-09 Sep 9, 2015The necessity of every one paying in his own labor for what he consumes, affords the only legitimate and effectual check to excessive luxury, which has so often ruined individuals, states and empires; and which has now brought almost universal bankruptcy upon us.~ Josiah WarrenDignity does not float down from heaven it cannot be purchased nor manufactured. It is a reward reserved for those who labor with diligence.~ Bill HybelsLet us not forget that the cultivation of the earth is the most important labor of man. When tillage begins, other arts will follow. The farmers, therefore, are the founders of civilization.~ Daniel Webster Sep 8, 2015Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.~ Abraham LincolnLabor was the first price, the original purchase - money that was paid for all things.~ Adam SmithDignify and glorify common labor. It is at the bottom of life that we must begin, not at the top.~ Booker T. Washington Sep 7, 2015A truly American sentiment recognizes the dignity of labor and the fact that honor lies in honest toil.~ Grover ClevelandBy rendering the labor of one, the property of the other, they cherish pride, luxury, and vanity on one side; on the other, vice and servility, or hatred and revolt.~ James MadisonNo man will labor for himself who can make another labor for him.~ Thomas Jefferson Sep 4, 2015The entire world economy rests on the consumer; if he ever stops spending money he doesn't have on things he doesn't need -- we're done for.~ Bill BonnerA socialist is somebody who doesn't have anything, and is ready to divide it up equally among everybody.~ George Bernard ShawThat man is richest whose pleasures are cheapest.~ Henry David Thoreau Sep 3, 2015There is not a more important and fundamental principle in legislation, than that the ways and means ought always to face the public engagements; that our appropriations should ever go hand in hand with our promises. To say that the United States should be answerable for twenty-five millions of dollars without knowing whether the ways and means can be provided, and without knowing whether those who are to succeed us will think with us on the subject, would be rash and unjustifiable. Sir, in my opinion, it would be hazarding the public faith in a manner contrary to every idea of prudence.~ James MadisonAn economy cannot long remain prosperous by government's taxing and spending more, now absorbing national output at a rate equal to the entire income of every American living west of the Mississippi. If this trend continues, America will gradually sink into the status of a Third World nation -- more unemployment, more shackles on production, more poverty.~ John HospersLet Mr. Madison tell me when did liberty ever exist when the sword and the purse were given up from the people? Unless a miracle shall interpose, no nation ever did, nor ever can retain its liberty after the loss of the sword and the purse.~ Patrick Henry Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print