Prioritizing our children also means prioritizing their teachers. If Kentucky is to compete nationally - not to mention with our neighbors -… — Andy Beshear Copy Share Image
It is for the State to take care that the economic conditions are such that the normal man who is not defective… — Leonard Trelawny Hobhouse Copy Share Image
To be effective in tackling poverty wages, a living wage has to be mandatory and basic trade union rights should be restored… — John McDonnell Copy Share Image
Let the D-League be for players who have been in the NBA, who are on the fringe, and that want to fight… — John Calipari Copy Share Image
Any way you slice it, increasing the minimum wage in Michigan... is likely to make it more difficult for the working poor… — Paul Kersey Copy Share Image
At a time when families are incredibly squeezed, it's essential that we provide a living wage for people who work hard and… — Katie McGinty Copy Share Image
I see a minimum living wage as a long-term solution, but I'm not sure that's my favorite. I think society benefits if… — Andrew Ng Copy Share Image
People will say 'how can you have a plane when your workers are on minimum wage?' I said 'but I don't set… — Mike Ashley Copy Share Image
“Thus did a handful of rapacious citizens come to control all that was worth controlling in America. Thus was the savage and… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
In my view, this is not extremism on the left. This is what the American people support in poll after poll. Support… — Jill Stein Copy Share Image
I cannot always sympathize with that demand which we hear so frequently for cheap things. Things may be too cheap. They are… — Benjamin Harrison Copy Share Image
A general flat minimum-wage law for all industry is permissible, but I do not think that it is a particularly wise method… — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
The ultimate object of education should be, Gandhi said, to help create not only a balanced and harmonious individual but also a… — Arun Manilal Gandhi Copy Share Image
We stand for a living wage. Wages are subnormal if they fail to provide a living for those who devote their time… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
“And I would not blame you if you still asked, Why bother to make contact with kindred spirits you never see and… — Wallace Stegner Copy Share Image
I am always an optimist. The pessimists are the liars who refuse to admit what is happening. And I'll give you three… — Charles Bowden Copy Share Image
I believe employers should be aware that employees who earn under $10 an hour cannot lead an independent life. But I do… — Richard Riordan Copy Share Image
Positive rights are the right to shelter, the right to education, the right to health care, the right to a living wage.… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
There's enormous progressive activism and, more often than not, success at the grassroots level - everything from living wage campaigns to efforts… — Jim Hightower Copy Share Image
In Cambodia, education is really a luxury, and many kids are thrown into work as early as possible. This means they can… — Stacey Dooley Copy Share Image
From a genuine living wage to a mass housebuilding programme and strong workers' and trade unions rights preventing a race to the… — Owen Jones Copy Share Image
I'd love to have our trains, our subway cars and our taxis built right here in New York City. You can create… — Sal Albanese Copy Share Image
I think it's false, shallow, to be giving to others when your own need is great. The idea is not to comfort… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
“Article XXVIII: Every newborn shall be sincerely welcomed and cared for until maturity. Article XXIX: Every adult who needs it shall be… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
No business which depends for existence on paying *less than living wages* to its workers has any right to continue in this… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
It probably wouldn't be good for our economy for a bunch of these jobs to come back because, there's no way that… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“It paid barely a living wage, but he stayed with it—gradually and in the end gratefully arriving at the point in life… — Ann Packer Copy Share Image
Practically, the desirable situation ought to be one in which any reasonably responsible person willing to accept available employment can find a… — William Vickrey Copy Share Image
I have been a proponent of dramatically expanding the AmeriCorps program. By increasing the pay of participants to a living wage, it… — Mark Cuban Copy Share Image
If Apple is enslaving Chinese to make its iPhones, you don't need to eat the i-Phone, you need to make sure that… — Bill McKibben Copy Share Image
If we want to revive and achieve the American Dream, we need to change a situation in which the people whose hard… — Stephanie Coontz Copy Share Image
I think it depends on what agenda that female president brings. It's not good if that female president brings an agenda which… — Jill Stein Copy Share Image
The loony tuners are at it again. The cost of doing business in Oakland is already about the highest in the state.… — Randy Hamilton Copy Share Image
I want to applaud those workers rallying to raise the minimum wage to $15 per hour. I believe strongly that a great… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
A man must always live by his work, and his wages must at least be sufficient to maintain him. They must even… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
You've got to support working families. We should be looking to support those who strive the hardest, and increase the national living… — Matt Hancock Copy Share Image
I think that we see some cities that have developed living wage ordinances. I think that we see some efforts to actually… — Martha Minow Copy Share Image
“During the war, the holders of power in all countries found it necessary to bribe the populations into cooperation by unusual concessions.… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“In a book published at the time, a lace manufacturer admitted that he expected his workers to turn a few tricks on… — Debbie Stoller Copy Share Image
Few places in American culture have made as effective a case for entrepreneurship than hip-hop. Hip-hop tells young people that our society… — Bakari Kitwana Copy Share Image
