Home » Labor Labor 1 Thought is the labor of the intellect, reverie is its pleasure. Victor Hugo Thought, Labor, Pleasure Add to Collection 2 Machines were, it may be said, the weapon employed by the capitalists to quell the revolt of specialized labor. Karl Marx Said, Labor, May Add to Collection 3 Capital is dead labor, which, vampire-like, lives only by sucking living labor, and lives the more, the more labor it sucks. Karl Marx Living, Dead, Labor Add to Collection 4 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 together. Karl Marx Together, Competition, Labor Add to Collection 5 The people will save their government, if the government itself will allow them. Abraham Lincoln World, Labor, Others Add to Collection