Sentence examples for dignity of labour from inspiring English sources

A notorious workaholic, he often extols the dignity of labour.

But he is careful also to talk of protecting the "dignity of labour".

And those who do are torn between celebrating the dignity of labour and feeling that the term now simply means "poor".

This was a speech which evoked the world of Walter Crane's etchings about the dignity of labour and Robert Tressell's Ragged Trousered Philanthropists.

That may explain her ambivalence on the issue of payment for writing, when Williamson sounded off about the "dignity of labour" - ie the importance of paying reviewers.

Since his election in 2013, Pope Francis has repeatedly praised the dignity of labour (in Buenos Aires, he once did a stint as a bouncer).

The chief innovations in Gandhi's philosophy were his belief in the dignity of manual labour and in the equality of women.

Ruskin was a compassionate Tory who got his students at Oxford – including the young Oscar Wilde – to built a road so they could learn the dignity of manual labour.

That egalitarian impulse is clear in Thomas's concern, shared with his great friend Robert Frost, for the dignity of manual labour.

"It had been in first person because I wanted to get that immediacy of being on the railway, the dignity and absurdity of labour.

Some MPs, including Labour's deputy leader, Tom Watson, believe elections – with MPs choosing some of their colleagues to serve on the front bench – would help give "dignity" to Labour rebels considering returning.