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If we can't begin to agree on fundamentals, such as the elimination of the most abusive forms of child labor, then we really are not ready to march forward into the future.

But the real growth I must say in terms of the public sector for the Labor Department is really at state and local levels. That's where the real opportunities are today.

I don't know where Bush is going - yet. But, Sharon obviously - I wrote somewhere in the last several months, that Sharon has adopted, essentially, the position of the Labor Party: that the Palestinians are here to stay.

Well I think all I would say on that is, when we were in opposition in Britain and Hawke and then Keating were in power here, Labor was in power here, we learnt a huge amount from the ALP's experience here.

But whether, for example, a coat can be exchanged for twenty yards of linen cloth or for forty yards is not a matter of chance, but depends upon objective conditions, upon the amount of socially necessary labor time contained in the coat and in the linen respectively.

Labor also wants shorter hours and a say in how work shall be done.

If there was to be a new Europe, there not only had to be a common market, but also great mobility in labor.

The full potential of labor can be utilized only if there is mobility in labor.

Labor diligently to increase your property.

If capital and labor ever do get together it's good night for the rest of us.

Thought is the labor of the intellect, reverie is its pleasure.

One is not idle because one is absorbed. There is both visible and invisible labor. To contemplate is to toil, to think is to do. The crossed arms work, the clasped hands act. The eyes upturned to Heaven are an act of creation.

A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is a visible labor and there is an invisible labor.

Everything in the world is purchased by labor.

It was a labor of love and they did really well.

A bad book is as much of a labor to write as a good one, it comes as sincerely from the author's soul.

Dignity does not float down from heaven it cannot be purchased nor manufactured. It is a reward reserved for those who labor with diligence.

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

It is estimated that raising the retirement age to 70 would cut the shortfall by about 36%. But this proposal has some drawbacks. Women and men who have worked jobs that require manual labor all of their lives may not physically be able to do work until they are 70 years old.

America has global trade with plenty of nations that provide inexpensive labor, but it's better for us when they're in our own hemisphere, rather than sending that business halfway around the world.