It was the labor movement that helped secure so much of what we take for granted today. The 40-hour work week, the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If Democrats are not showing up in those [rural] places even if you're not gonna win right away but if you're not… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Undocumented workers can't report if they're not being paid overtime, or if their health and safety laws are being violated, of if… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Every single thing I've done, from the Affordable Care Act to pushing to raise the minimum wage, to making sure that young… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
But I also want to give them a pathway so that they can earn citizenship, earn a legal status, start learning English,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We should raise the minimum wage so that no one who works full time has to live in poverty — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think that the FDA has not been able to catch some of these things as quickly as I expect them to… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
To everyone in this Congress who still refuses to raise the minimum wage, I say this: If you truly believe you could… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Teddy Roosevelt supported a progressive income tax. If I am sitting pretty and you've got a waitress who is making minimum wage… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Higher minimum wages, full-employment programs, early-childhood education: Those kinds of programs are, by design, universal, but by definition, because they are helping… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
[A] family with two kids that earns the minimum wage still lives below the poverty line. That's wrong. That's why, since the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
So here's what I want you to know, and here's what I want all our men and women in uniform to know: Because of… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The peaceful transition of power is one of the hallmarks of our democracy. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
As opposed to getting into arguments about, well, these folks have been treated fairly so now we're going to be doing things that, very… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
What we've said to the girls is: 'If you guys ever decide that you're going to get a tattoo, then mommy and me will… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
All of us take offense to anyone who reaps the rewards of living in America without taking on the responsibilities of living in America.… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The world is complicated and full of grays, but there's still truth there to be found. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
That is another theme in the book [Dreams from My Father]. How do we exercise more empathy in our public discourse? How do we… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I can say across Europe that many principles that have been taken for granted here around free speech, and around civil liberties and an… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
So Americans understand the costs of war. Yet as a country, we will never tolerate our security being threatened, nor stand idly by when… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I want to thank the Greek people publicly for their humanitarian response to the crisis of so many migrants and refugees seeking safety in… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
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