Robert G. Ingersoll Quotes
It is labor that has made the world a fit habitation for the human race.
Ingersoll, Robert G. "Hard Times and the Way Out." The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, vol. 9, Dresden Publishing Company, 1900, p. 312.
Vladimir Lenin. This quotation sheds light on two points. Russian industry 4 years after the Revolution was in terrible shape—especially at the managerial level. A plan was devised to import volunteer American managers to help run Russian factories and other enterprises—an early type of Peace Corps. In addition it shows that the Russian Leadership understood this problem and were, even then, committed to trying to reach and exceed the standards of Western capitalism.
She was running for the Democratic Presidential Nomination.
Mormons in later years found this principle difficult to enforce where there was unemployment and workers were idle through no fault of their own. The local Mormon churches were very active in encouraging wealthier Mormons to hire those who were unemployed.
This is a fascinating historical quotation. It illustrates that each generation claims that the love of work and the work ethic is not what it used to be.
Robert Green "Bob" Ingersoll was an American lawyer, a Civil War veteran, political leader, and orator of the United States during the Golden Age of Free Thought, noted for his broad range of culture and his defense of agnosticism. He was nicknamed "The Great Agnostic". Ingersoll was considered to be the greatest orator and political thinker of his day, but his overt atheistic views curtailed his elected political career.
