Work Rights Quotes

Every man has a property in his own person. This nobody has any right to but himself. The labor of his body and the work of his hands are properly his.

Americans overwhelmingly believe that Americans who want to do jobs, who are looking for work, should have a fair opportunity, if not a preference, to do that work.

Secure for young people the right to education and to full-time work.

We want nothing about what is said about abolishing property rights, rather we respect them. But work is the only property of workers, and therefore we want laws to protect the only property of workers, his manpower

I believe that children should not be made to work.

Like I said in my election manifesto - why don't they legalise the whole thing and let people like me work?

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

There is no right to work in a think tank, and these are very privileged positions.

I suggest that ten thousand Negroes march on Washington, D.C., the capital of the Nation, with the slogan, 'We loyal Negro American citizens demand the right to work and fight for our country.'

All is for all! If the man and the woman bear their fair share of work, they have a right to their fair share of all that is produced by all, and that share is enough to secure them well-being. No more of such vague formulas as "The Right to work," or "To each the whole result of his labour." What we proclaim is The Right to Well-Being: Well-Being for All!

Quite frankly, I think if a man or a woman likes their American job, wherever they were born, they should be able to keep that job. We need a clear path to citizenship for workers who are already here and a fair and efficient on-ramp for those who want to come here.

I believe that women should have equal rights to education, to work and to civic and political engagement.

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.

In 1976 I wrote a lot about women trying to claim the right to work.

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

The E.U.'s 500 million citizens enjoy the right to live and work in any of the Union's 27 member states.

Freedom of establishment is the freedom to work in all of Europe.