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

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Education
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It took a lot of blood, sweat and tears to get to where we are today, but we have just begun. Today we begin in earnest the work of making sure that the world we leave our children is just a little bit better than the one we inhabit today. – Barack Obama

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work
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I think there are a whole host of things that are civil rights, and then there are other things – such as traditional marriage – that, I think, express a communitys concern and regard for a particular institution. – Barack Obama

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Marriage
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Family
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My family kinda hit the skids. We were experiencing poverty at that point. We all got a job, where the whole family had to work as security guards and janitors. And I just got angry. – Jim Carrey

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Family

If you have autism in the family history, you still vaccinate. Delay it a bit, space them out. – Temple Grandin

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Family

How do you rebel in a family of rebels? – Nicolas Cage

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Family

I do not believe the picture that some people paint of Scottish towns dependent on welfare. Every time I come here, I meet people who are determined to get into work. Who, with the right help are desperate to get off benefits, support their family and set an example for their children. – Iain Duncan Smith

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Family

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As the mother of two daughters, I have great respect for women. And I dont ever want to lose that. – Vera Wang

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great

Beauty is everlasting And dust is for a time. – Marianne Moore

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Beauty

What is uttered from the heart alone, Will win the hearts of others to your own. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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alone

I love men, not for what unites them, but for what divides them, and I want to know most of all what gnaws at their hearts. – Guillaume Apollinaire

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Humanity