I developed the armed forces, especially in a way that…

“Everything that was once alive is now mechanical. Technology certainly brought a new ease and accuracy, but apart from these ultimately less important details,…

— Alain Baraton

In the end, no matter how my records are panned or praised, if there are kids and communities in developing nations that have improved…

— Brooke Fraser

“Progress in medicine together with improved living conditions has therefore, it is argued, totally transformed the very essence of capital.”

— Thomas Piketty

Low income is related to poorer housing, poorer diet, fewer social amenities, worse working conditions. (...) After adjustment for age, sex, race, smoking, alcohol…

— Michael Marmot

Through job creation, quality public services and better working conditions, people, communities and countries can lift themselves out of poverty, improve livelihoods, engage in…

— Sharan Burrow

The working conditions of Indian labourers in the Gulf countries are notoriously abusive.

— Barkha Dutt

“Parents like Jennifer, Susan, and Rae express desires that are quite modest. Full-time hours come first. That is a prize that can be astonishingly…

— Kathryn Edin

Many conservatives see higher education as a threat to their reactionary and corporate oriented interests and would like to defund higher education, privatize it,…

— Henry Giroux

Feminism has fought no wars. It has killed no opponents. It has set up no concentration camps, starved no enemies, practiced no cruelties. Its…

— Dale Spender

“Feminism has fought no wars. It has killed no opponents. It has set up no concentration camps, starved no enemies, practiced no cruelties. Its…

— Dale Spender

Public employees should have the right to bargain for better wages and working conditions, just like all employees do.

— Robert Reich

What we shouldn't be doing is trying to take away your rights to bargain for better wages or working conditions... These so-called "right to…

— Barack Obama

“But exceptional performance depends not only on the groundwork we lay through Deliberate Practice; it also requires the right working conditions. And in contemporary…

— Susan Cain

I think the team that successfully puts together an economic and social policy framework for global full employment in decent working conditions based on…

— Juan Somavia

Corporations are driving down wages and working conditions across the globe to maximize returns for their shareholders. They use their power and influence to…

— Winnie Byanyima