Wages Quotes

“Raising the minimum wage, and connecting it to the cost of living, is a moral imperative.”

“Like all other contracts, wages should be left to the fair and free competition of the market, and should never be controlled by the interference of the legislature.”

“The real minimum wage is zero.”

“Real wages come out of production, not out of government decrees.”

“A man that has a mine, a factory, or a business that can't pay a living wage, ought to get out of the business.”

“I don't pay good wages because I have a lot of money; I have a lot of money because I pay good wages.”

“The more the division of labor and the application of machinery extend, the more does competition extend among the workers, the more do their wages shrink.”

“My guess is that the indignities imposed on so many low-wage workers... are part of what keeps wages low. If you're made to feel worthless, you're less likely to rebel.”

“All labor has a dignity and a value, and if it is not compensated both in the wages and in the conditions of labor, that dignity is gone.”

“We want a minimum wage that will provide a decent living for a man and his family.”

“The surest way to kill a job is to price it out of the market.”

“The real wages of labor depend on the productivity of labor.”

“Profit sharing is not a substitute for a wage increase, but it's a supplement to a wage increase.”

“No one who works 40 hours a week should be living in poverty.”

“The employer who is not willing to give his workman the best wage that the business will stand is a social parasite.”

“We believe in a fair day's pay for a fair day's work.”

“I used to say that the 15-cent hamburger was the best hamburger ever made, and the reason was that at that time the minimum wage was 15 cents.”

“The best form of welfare is a job, but it has to be a job that pays.”

“A living wage is a wage that enables a man to live, that is all.”

“A minimum wage that is not a living wage is a form of corporate welfare.”