Minimum Quotes · Page 29

The Constitution. . . illustrates the complexity of the American system: that it serves the interests of a wealthy elite, but also…

— Howard Zinn

Mr. Speaker, the time for an increase in the minimum wage has not just arrived; it is long overdue.

— Sherwood Boehlert

Every economic...acti on must set about providing each inhabitant of the planet with the minimum wherewithal to live in dignity and freedom,…

— Pope Francis

If you can write each day, do it, and meet a quota. Minimum 350 words a day. A baboon can do 350…

— James Scott Bell

I don't want to put words in Geithner's mouth, but I think he is generally against the revolving door of government officials…

— Andrew Ross Sorkin

I set myself 600 words a day as a minimum output, regardless of the weather, my state of mind or if I'm…

— Arthur Hailey

I thought in this country, the best social program was a job. Yet minimum wage jobs arent paying enough to keep families…

— Barbara Mikulski

Free market economists frequently see minimum wage legislation as mere political intervention. However, there are decent economic theories which show that, under…

— Ha-Joon Chang

I remember the $0.05 hamburger and a $0.40-per-hour minimum wage, so I've seen a tremendous amount of inflation in my lifetime. Did…

— Charlie Munger

Of course, such judicial misconstruction theoretically can be cured by constitutional amendment. But the period of gestation of a constitutional amendment, or…

— Robert H. Jackson

Rent control is one policy that economists universally would oppose. It is a grossly inefficient way of allocating housing space and, of…

— James M. Buchanan

Imagine a senator running for president whose positions included halving the military budget, socializing the medical system, re-regulating the communications and electrical…

— Rick Perlstein

Yet it ought to be clear that a minimum wage law is, at best, a limited weapon for combatting the evil of…

— Henry Hazlitt

I came into the game when I broke into the major leagues, the minimum salary was seven thousand dollars, and I'd have…

— Nolan Ryan

An army should always be so distributed that its parts can aid each other and combine to produce the maximum possible concentration…

— B. H. Liddell Hart

Someday I hope Americans will not believe that anyone had to spend his or her days fighting for limited government because everyone…

— Grover Norquist

President [Barack] Obama - he was unsuccessful in his efforts to raise the federal minimum wage, but he still used the Labor…

— Rachel Martin

I used to have hamburgers coming and going, especially when I was on the road. Now, occasionally I will still have that…

— Aretha Franklin

The backlash against women's rights would be just one of several powerful forces creating a harsh and painful climate for women at…

— Susan Faludi

[The Center for Industrial Progress'] model allows us to keep conflicts of interest to an absolute minimum as we do our research…

— Alex Epstein

Roy received my comments with a forced smile. "Hardy, didn't I warn you not to date a woman who reads?" Hardy seemed…

— Lisa Kleypas

Albrecht's Law: Social innovations tend to the level of minimum tolerable well being.

— Paul Dickson

I was more than anything a radical. I was more sympathetic to Malcolm X than Martin Luther King because Malcolm X was…

— Walter E. Williams

House Republican leadership have refused to allow a clean minimum wage vote. Close to 15 million Americans will be affected if we…

— Bill Pascrell

The current minimum wage simply is not supporting Ohio's working families.

— Sherrod Brown