Eleanor Roosevelt Quotes

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

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

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.

Jobs mean freedom for workers to support their families.

Given that all our lives rest on work that defines us, the business of labor, the wealth that work manifests itself to, I find it odd that not much is written about it. We talk about relationships, damage, adultery, revolution, but we don't talk about work.

Work is at the core of human dignity.

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.

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

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

We say, pay talent well and genius generously, but pay well also the arm that toils; pay the needle, the saw, the spade, the hoe, the mop.

Full employment means not only jobs--but productive jobs. Americans do not regard jobs that pay substandard wages as productive jobs.

Americans want jobs. They want affordable health insurance. They want an education.

Work is at the heart of human dignity.

We continue to fight for good jobs that pay well and jobs that last. Helping to get folks back to work is about helping them to regain their dignity and pride. That's what families care about.

We want work and we want honest jobs. Our minds and our hands will be our keep!

Jobs are what give people a sense of fulfillment and self-reliance.

I reject the idea that any job is too hard or too dirty for American workers to do. American workers just expect and demand to be paid a decent wage.

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

The next civil right should be some kind of civil right for livelihood.

I will only stop defending the rights of workers when I die.

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

Either Men or Women that have a Trade, or are Labourers, can, if industrious, get near three times the Wages they commonly earn in EngIand.

People believe that if they work, they should be paid a living wage…. Work has to pay.

Eight hours daily labor is enough for any human being