Quote by Barack Obama
It was the labor movement that helped secure so much of what we ta

It was the labor movement that helped secure so much of what we take for granted today. The 40-hour work week, the minimum wage, family leave, health insurance, Social Security, Medicare, retirement plans. The cornerstones of the middle-class security all bear the union label. – Barack Obama

Other quotes by Barack Obama

Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. Because its only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you realize your true potential. – Barack Obama

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Life
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We all knew this. We all knew that it would take more time than any of us want to dig ourselves out of this hole created by this economic crisis. – Barack Obama

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Time
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For more than four decades, the Libyan people have been ruled by a tyrant – Moammar Gaddafi. He has denied his people freedom, exploited their wealth, murdered opponents at home and abroad, and terrorized innocent people around the world – including Americans who were killed by Libyan agents. – Barack Obama

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Freedom
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When Im home, the heart and soul of our family is in the kitchen. Growing up, my parents both worked, so dinnertime was for family – the TV was off. I think its important to grab that time and really make it special, even after a tough day. – Cat Cora

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Family

Parents need all the help they can get. The strongest as well as the most fragile family requires a vital network of social supports. – Bernice Weissbourd

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Family

I want to make sure my familys straight. – Lil Wayne

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Family

When someone has cancer, the whole family and everyone who loves them does, too. – Terri Clark

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Family

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People think our musics very aggressive or angry or whatever, and its just the opposite, really… I like laughing. And I like being really calm before a show, and smiley. – Serj Tankian

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It is a wretched taste to be gratified with mediocrity when the excellent lies before us. – Isaac Disraeli

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Excellence

The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time. – Dean Acheson

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You never give away your heart you lend it from time to time. If it were not so, how could we take it back without asking? – Jeanette Winterson

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