Quote#Work
The necessity of every one paying in his own labor for what he…
Quote byJosiah Warren · 1798–1874
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Manifesto (1841).
English (original)
The necessity of every one paying in his own labor for what he consumes, affords the only legitimate and effectual check to excessive luxury, which has so often ruined individuals, states, and empires; and which has now brought almost universal bankruptcy upon us.
— Josiah Warren
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