Employed

Famous quotes containing the word employed:

    “I narrowly watched his motions, and listened attentively to his observations, for we had employed an Indian mainly that I might have an opportunity to study his ways.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “Machines were, it may be said, the weapon employed by the capitalists to quell the revolt of specialized labor.”
    —Karl Marx (1818–1883)

    “There is a vulgar persuasion, that the ignorance of women, by favoring their subordination, ensures their utility. ‘Tis the same argument employed by the ruling few against the subject many in aristocracies; by the rich against the poor in democracies; by the learned professions against the people in all countries.”
    —Frances Wright (1795–1852)