Those who labor honestly with their hands maintain a dignity... - Jean Bodin

"Those who labor honestly with their hands maintain a dignity no wealth can purchase."

Jean Bodin Work

Political Theorist Jurist French 1530–1596

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"Sovereignty is that absolute and perpetual power vested in a commonwealth"

"The state is a community of families and their possessions, living together for a good and perfect life"

"Laws are the sinews of the state"

"True nobility is derived from virtue, not from birth"

"Hard work never killed anybody."

"Work with purpose and integrity."

"Hard work pays off in the end."

"A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do."