Eleanor Roosevelt Quotes

In a market economy, the right to seek employment is fundamental … the issue goes beyond economy. It’s an issue of human rights.

Give the working-man the right to work as long as he is healthy; assure him care when he is sick; assure him maintenance when he is old.

Work is a right, which is ensured to be available for every able citizen.

All people shall have the right and the obligation to work.

The obligation to earn one's bread presumes the right to do so. A society that denies this right cannot be justified, nor can it attain social peace.

The right to work is a slogan which should be accepted by every democracy.

Workmen’s compensation, hours and conditions of labor are cold consolations, if there be no employment.

The Negro claims, as a matter of simple justice, his full share in America's economic and social life. He sees adequate employment opportunities as a chief means of attaining this goal

They only ask for a fair day’s wages for a fair day’s work.

Work shall be the duty of every citizen …. The State shall ensure that work is made available to the citizens and that its terms are equitable.

The unemployed have rights that are above charity. They have the right to work.

Thus every person has a right to work, and this right must be recognized in a practical way by an effective commitment to resolving the tragic problem of unemployment. The fact that unemployment keeps large sectors of the population and notably the young in a situation of marginalization is intolerable

What freedom? To be wage-slaves, hired and fired at the will of a soulless corporation?

A man’s right to his job transcends the right of private property.

The first duty of this government is to give the workers work.

We need to be a party saying, 'We are not going to be happy until we get those $30, $40, $50 an hour jobs back for working-class people.'

Farm jobs are not a bargaining chip.

It would be better to incentivise people into work with secure jobs and decent wages, than to try to starve them into submission.

The right to work, I had assumed, was the most precious liberty that man possesses. Man has indeed as much right to work as he has to live, to be free, to own property.

We may be living in a world of disposable electronics, but working people are not disposable commodities.

Every worker needs a decent and legal source of income.

Countries that want to achieve sustainable growth must cater for diverse forms of work and consider the rights of all workers.

It's hard to get a job. There are more lawyers within a five-mile radius of wherever you're sitting than there are Division I jobs.

I am proud our government has passed a law that ensures priority hiring of Veterans, as I advocated for this, and spoke about it in the House of Commons.

A rising tide lifts all boats, and you have to start with job creation. We will never get there until we replace all these jobs that have been lost.