Memorable May Day Quotes

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"The labor that we disrespect is often the labor that we depend on the most."
Unknown
"There is power in a union."
Joe Hill
"Those who do not work should not eat."
2 Thessalonians 3:10
"Labor is the fount of wealth and the source of social power."
J. W. McGowan
"Every worker is a creator and deserves to participate in the benefits of their labor."
Unknown
"It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change."
Charles Darwin
"There are no such things as other people's children."
Hillary Clinton
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"Labor Day is devoted to no man, living or dead, to no sect, race or nation."
Samuel Gompers
"It is the working man who is the problem solver, creator, and change maker."
Unknown
"We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give."
Winston Churchill
"Organize, agitate, educate."
Mary Harris 'Mother' Jones
"Labor is the ultimate driver of economic growth."
Unknown
"To deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity."
Nelson Mandela
"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."
Franklin D. Roosevelt
"When workers stand together, they can achieve great things."
Unknown
"The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men."
Plato
"Together we can face any challenges as deep as the ocean and as high as the sky."
Sonia Gandhi
"Freedom is never given; it is won."
A. Philip Randolph
"The worker is the creator of wealth and should have a fair share in the wealth he creates."
Eugene V. Debs
"Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration."
Abraham Lincoln
"If the workers take a notion, they can stop all speeding trains; every ship upon the ocean, they can tie with a sailin' chain."
Joe Hill
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"Without labor, nothing prospers."
Sophocles
"It is the peculiar quality of a fool to be unable to reject anything that is offered him."
Aldous Huxley
"In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years."
Abraham Lincoln
"Work is love made visible."
Khalil Gibran
"The struggle is not just about wages or working hours — it is about dignity and respect."
Richard Trumka
"Solidarity forever! For the union makes us strong!"
Ralph Chaplin
"Those who do not move do not notice their chains."
Rosa Luxemburg
"Labor creates all things."
Proverb
"Workers of the world unite; you have nothing to lose but your chains!"
Karl Marx
"To secure a lasting peace, we must work to make the world safe for humanity."
Franklin D. Roosevelt
"Every advance in human freedom has been accompanied by a wave of organized labor."
Wendell Willkie
"As long as there are workers, there will be struggle."
Unknown
"The strongest weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed."
Steve Biko
"A fair day’s wage for a fair day’s work."
Anonymous
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"You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist."
Indira Gandhi
"Challenging the conventional wisdom, working-class employees and unions want good jobs in a fair economy."
Ronald Reagan
"The great test of life is not how much we endure when we are in the shadows, but how much we thrive in the light."
Harriet Beecher Stowe
"We all work together, that's the secret."
Sam Walton
"A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both."
Dwight D. Eisenhower
"It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit."
Harry S. Truman
"The tradition of all dead generations weighs like a nightmare on the brains of the living."
Karl Marx
"The labor movement means just this: It is the last stronghold of the working class, the first protest of the oppressed."
Upton Sinclair
"May Day is the time to celebrate the achievements of workers and to recommit to the struggles for justice and equality."
Unknown
"It is not enough to be busy; so are the ants. The question is: What are we busy about?"
Henry David Thoreau
"I am not a labor leader; I do not want to be a leader of labor. I want to be a laborer!"
Mother Jones
"The future depends on what you do today."
Mahatma Gandhi
"If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else."
Booker T. Washington
"There is no such thing as a free lunch."
Milton Friedman
"The only way to get a government to work for the people is to make them listen."
Susan B. Anthony
"Without labor nothing prospers."
Sophocles
"We must dare to think unthinkable thoughts."
Harold Macmillan
"Change your thoughts and you change your world."
Norman Vincent Peale
"Labor is the foundation of all wealth and all culture."
Ferdinand Lassalle
"A person is a person, no matter how small."
Dr. Seuss
"There is no power for change greater than a community discovering what it cares about."
Margaret J. Wheatley
"The more educated we become, the more we are able to appreciate the labor of others."
Maya Angelou
"The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision."
Helen Keller
"Dare to be naive!"
Buckminster Fuller
"Let us be a little humble; let us think that the truth may not perhaps be entirely with us."
Jawaharlal Nehru
"Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does."
William James
"If we don't stand up for children, then we don't stand for much."
Marian Wright Edelman
"The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another."
William James
"Striving for equality is a continuous process, and May Day reminds us of the ongoing struggles for workers' rights."
Unknown
"If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together."
African Proverb
"It is not enough to be busy. So are the ants. The question is: What are we busy about?"
Henry David Thoreau
"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."
Eleanor Roosevelt
"Labor is the great producer of wealth."
Abraham Lincoln
"What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world remains and is immortal."
Albert Pine
"Those who denied freedom to others deserve it not for themselves."
Abraham Lincoln
"The best way to predict your future is to create it."
Peter Drucker
"We must not allow the clock and the calendar to blind us to the fact that each moment of life is a miracle and a mystery."
H.G. Wells
"In the long run, the sharpest weapon of all is a kind and gentle spirit."
Anne Frank
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
Martin Luther King Jr.
"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance."
Thomas Jefferson
"The only way to do great work is to love what you do."
Steve Jobs
"Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards."
Søren Kierkegaard
"We are not makers of history. We are made by history."
Martin Luther King Jr.
"A right delayed is a right denied."
Martin Luther King Jr.
"The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others."
Mahatma Gandhi
"All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence."
Martin Luther King Jr.
"Every step we take is a step toward our future."
Chris Gardner
"Justice delayed is justice denied."
William E. Gladstone
"Dream big and dare to fail."
Norman Vaughan
"You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today."
Abraham Lincoln
"The greatest danger in times of turbulence is not the turbulence; it is to act with yesterday’s logic."
Peter Drucker
"The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles."
Karl Marx
"Peace begins with a smile."
Mother Teresa
"Let us remember: One book, one pen, one child, and one teacher can change the world."
Malala Yousafzai
"The worker must work, the boss must boss, the devil must dance, and the teachers must teach."
Theodore Roosevelt
"Labor Day is devoted to no man, living or dead, to no sect, race or nation. Labor is the great source of all wealth and all culture; and labor without capital is a crime, for it is capital that gives labor its form and its worth."
Samuel Gompers
"There is no such thing as a ‘jobs’ crisis in this country. There is a crisis of wages—a crisis of profits that has been diverted away from the workforce."
Richard Trumka
"Workers of the world unite; you have nothing to lose but your chains."
Karl Marx
"May Day is the time to consider the rights of workers, who are the backbone of every society."
Unknown
"The only way to guarantee a decent wage for a decent job is to join a union."
Joe Hill
"In the midst of every crisis, there lies great opportunity for change."
John F. Kennedy
"We are all workers. We are all in this together."
Harriet Tubman
"In the long run, the sharpest weapon of all is a kind word."
Bertolt Brecht
"May Day represents the struggle of workers. It is their day to be recognized and acknowledged."
Frances Perkins
"The greatest danger in times of turbulence is not the turbulence; it is to act with yesterday's logic."
Peter Drucker
"An injury to one is an injury to all."
Labor Union Slogan
"It is the worker who is the primary force of social change."
Pope Francis
"A fair day's wage for a fair day's work."
William Morris
"The labor movement was the single greatest force in providing the working class a voice."
A. Philip Randolph
"To be truly radical is to make hope possible, rather than despair convincing."
Raymond Williams
"We are a nation of workers, who work hard every day to make this country great."
Barack Obama
"The power of the people is greater than the people in power."
Wael Ghonim
"You can’t separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom."
Malcolm X
"We have a responsibility to make sure workers' rights are respected worldwide."
John Kerry
"The strongest asset of a society is its workers."
Unknown
"Let us remember that we are all human beings, and we all deserve to be treated with dignity."
Angela Davis
"Unions are the ultimate partners in progress."
Richard Trumka
"You can’t get credit for what you don’t do."
Richard Wright
"Solidarity forever!"
Ralph Chaplin
"History is not something that happens to us. History is something we make."
Howard Zinn
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