#labour

The poor have to labour in the face of the majestic equality of the law, which forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread. ↗

— Anatole France

#bread #bridges #equality #face #forbids

As someone who worked hard for a Labour victory in the 90s, do I regret it? Not really. It was bound to happen. And it'll happen with the next government, and the one after it. Because all governments serve us. They serve the filth. ↗

— Stephen Fry

#because #bound #filth #government #governments

Today 23 years ago dear Grandmama died. I wonder what she would have thought of a Labour Government. ↗

— King George V

#dear #died #government #i #i wonder

What you need if you want jobs are small and medium sized enterprises, local initiatives, labour intensive work, community development, service providers and the like. ↗

— Susan George

#development #enterprises #initiatives #intensive #jobs

I therefore set to work, and after two and a half years of not inconsiderable labour I now have the privilege and the satisfaction of accompanying the early volumes of the series with this preface. ↗

— James Loeb

#after #early #half #i #inconsiderable

I have moved on from being a British parliamentarian, I have moved on from being a New Labour politician, I have moved on from being the supporter in the active day-to-day sense of Tony Blair. ↗

— Peter Mandelson

#being #blair #british #day-to-day #i

I hesitated, too, because for better or worse, I have been one of the principal architects of New Labour and I have worked closely with Tony Blair and the team for nearly 20 years. ↗

— Peter Mandelson

#because #been #better #blair #closely

The ceaseless labour of your life is to build the house of death. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

#ceaseless #death #house #labour #life

It goes without saying that the desire to accomplish the task with more confidence, to avoid wasting time and labour, and to spare our experimental animals as much as possible, made us strictly observe all the precautions taken by surgeons in respect to their patients. ↗

— Ivan Pavlov

#avoid #confidence #desire #experimental #goes

Although my seat is a contest between Labour and the Lib Dems, it could well make the difference between a Labour and a Tory government at the next election. In terms of international development, this choice is a very clear one. ↗

— Lucy Powell

#between #choice #clear #contest #could