My dad was a construction worker. I was the youngest of eight kids. There were not a lot of extra resources around. — Doris Burke Copy Share Image
“Unions gave us the forty-hour workweek, the weekend, and the middle class.” — Al Franken Copy Share Image
We grew up poor, very poor, but I am very proud of where I come from. — Pedro Martinez Copy Share Image
One thing my and mother and dad shared completely was their approach to money - they just didn't spend it. — Sam Walton Copy Share Image
We were poor when I was young but the difference was that the government didn't come around telling you you were poor. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
My dad was rubbish at all other aspects of his financial life, but he's pretty good at paying the rent. — Robert Carlyle Copy Share Image
I didn't plan to be the rude middle-class comedian. You write a certain type of joke that you find funny, and mine… — Jimmy Carr Copy Share Image
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I didn't grow up with great privilege, nor did I grow up wanting for anything. I was a middle-class kid and, relative… — Matt Damon Copy Share Image
When I recently spent a night at a homeless shelter, I was dismayed that members of the middle class had moved in… — Jackie Speier Copy Share Image
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The middle class is a group defined by more than just money: it also leans on credentials, education, aspirations, assets, and, of… — Alissa Quart Copy Share Image
I am not somebody who just says let's beat up on the bad guys. No. I want to summon the good guys… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
Unless you had developed a certain independence of value, a certain independent system of value, a system of values that was independent… — Ella Baker Copy Share Image
“Starting in 1792 with George Washington, there were financial crises every ten to fifteen years. Panics, bank runs, credit freezes, crashes, depressions.… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
You know, this idea of going around the world imposing democracy by growing a middle-class, a trading merchant class that is independent… — Damian Lewis Copy Share Image
I am struck again by the fact that as soon as a working man gets an official post in the Trade Union… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
Contradictions, most of all, a balance between chaos and order. It needs neighborhoods vibrating with energy just as much as cozy little… — Charles Landry Copy Share Image
I have learned that I, we, are a dollar-a-day people (which is terrible, they say, because a cow in Japan is worth… — Binyavanga Wainaina Copy Share Image
I think it's time we had a President who will provide the only real economic security: good jobs. A President who will… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
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