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

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Cutting the deficit by gutting our investments in innovation and education is like lightening an overloaded airplane by removing its engine. It may make you feel like youre flying high at first, but it wont take long before you feel the impact. – Barack Obama

Category:
Education
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But what we can do, as flawed as we are, is still see God in other people, and do our best to help them find their own grace. Thats what I strive to do, thats what I pray to do every day. – Barack Obama

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best
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I opposed the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996. It should be repealed and I will vote for its repeal on the Senate floor. I will also oppose any proposal to amend the U.S. Constitution to ban gays and lesbians from marrying. – Barack Obama

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Marriage
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Family
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Like religion, politics, and family planning, cereal is not a topic to be brought up in public. Its too controversial. – Erma Bombeck

Category:
Family

I dont know if I believe in marriage. I believe in family, love and children. – Penelope Cruz

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Family

Family love is messy, clinging, and of an annoying and repetitive pattern, like bad wallpaper. – P. J. ORourke

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Family

Govern a family as you would cook a small fish — very gently. – Chinese Proverb

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Family

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Ignorance of the law excuses no man from practicing it. – Addison Mizner

Category:
legal

The Holy Spirit alone can do this, the Holy Spirit alone can establish this link with ones neighbor. – Jacques Ellul

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alone

I have never known any distress that an hours reading did not relieve. – Charles de Montesquieu

Category:
Fear

Frivolity is inborn, conceit acquired by education. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

Category:
Education