Quote by Frances OGrady
I want a society that provides decent jobs for those who can work

I want a society that provides decent jobs for those who can work and decent security for those cant. – Frances OGrady

Other quotes by Frances OGrady

The TUCs new slogan a future that works sets a profound challenge. Austerity and rapid deficit reduction is failing in its own terms, but even at its best it is short-sighted, muddle-through politics with no vision of a new economic model. – Frances OGrady

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Future
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I cherish the creation of public space and services, especially health, housing and the comprehensive education system which dared to give so many of us ideas above our station. – Frances OGrady

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Education
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My impression is that most women public service workers have a long fuse. Precisely because they care so deeply about services, more than anyone, they still want to find a sensible and fair negotiated agreement. But their patience has run out. – Frances OGrady

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Patience
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If we try to engineer outcomes, if we overturn tradition to make everyone the same, we ruin society. If we upset tradition to allow for an equal shot at the starting gate, everyone wins, except for the charlatans and would be dictators. – Ben Stein

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Society

Life cannot subsist in society but by reciprocal concessions. – Samuel Johnson

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Society

Without intervention today, the cost of care for adults with autism will be significantly greater and the burden will no longer lie with the parents, but on our entire society. – Jenny McCarthy

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Society

There is so much potential out there in young people and they arent getting the right information or being encouraged in the right ways. This is our duty as a society. – Benjamin Carson

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Society

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Learning

Thats how you get a performance – they put trust in you. – Richard Donner

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Trust

I used to be scared of women. When I was very young they terrified me, but discovering the female universe was incredible and still is to this day, as you never stop learning about them. – Antonio Banderas

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Learning