Labor wants pride and joy in doing good work, a sense of making or doing something beautiful or useful - to be treated with dignity and respect as brother and sister.

Quote by Thorstein Veblen

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With the exception of the instinct of self-preservation, the propensity for emulation is probably the...

With the exception of the instinct of self-preservation, the propensity for emulation is probably the...

All business sagacity reduces itself in the last analysis to judicious use of sabotage.

All business sagacity reduces itself in the last analysis to judicious use of sabotage.

The addiction to sports, therefore, in a peculiar degree marks an arrested development in man's...

The addiction to sports, therefore, in a peculiar degree marks an arrested development in man's...

In point of substantial merit the law school belongs in the modern university no more...

In point of substantial merit the law school belongs in the modern university no more...

The basis on which good repute in any highly organized industrial community ultimately rests is...

The basis on which good repute in any highly organized industrial community ultimately rests is...

The dog commends himself to our favor by affording play to our propensity for mastery.

The dog commends himself to our favor by affording play to our propensity for mastery.

Labor wants also pride and joy in doing good work, a sense of making or...

Labor wants also pride and joy in doing good work, a sense of making or...

The outcome of any serious research can only be to make two questions grow where...

The outcome of any serious research can only be to make two questions grow where...

Invention is the mother of necessity.

Invention is the mother of necessity.

In order to stand well in the eyes of the community, it is necessary to...

In order to stand well in the eyes of the community, it is necessary to...

In itself and in its consequences the life of leisure is beautiful and ennobling in...

In itself and in its consequences the life of leisure is beautiful and ennobling in...

It is always sound business to take any obtainable net gain, at any cost and...

It is always sound business to take any obtainable net gain, at any cost and...

Born in iniquity and conceived in sin, the spirit of nationalism has never ceased to...

Born in iniquity and conceived in sin, the spirit of nationalism has never ceased to...

Born in iniquity and conceived in sin, the spirit of nationalism has never ceased to...

Born in iniquity and conceived in sin, the spirit of nationalism has never ceased to...

Conspicuous consumption of valuable goods is a means of reputability to the gentleman of leisure.

Conspicuous consumption of valuable goods is a means of reputability to the gentleman of leisure.

The dog commends himself to our favor by affording play to our propensity for mastery

The dog commends himself to our favor by affording play to our propensity for mastery

The addiction to sports, therefore, in a peculiar degree marks an arrested development in man's...

The addiction to sports, therefore, in a peculiar degree marks an arrested development in man's...

I'm human and I've played my butt off for ten years. I'm not a loafer,...

I'm human and I've played my butt off for ten years. I'm not a loafer,...

Baseball is 90% mental. The other half is physical.

Baseball is 90% mental. The other half is physical.

Leadership is diving for a loose ball, getting the crowd involved, getting other players involved....

Leadership is diving for a loose ball, getting the crowd involved, getting other players involved....