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title: "5 Work Retirement Quotes by 5 authors"
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> ['Middle class' used to be synonymous with secure, with steady, with boring, because middle-class people were people who were pretty much safe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-warren/middle-class-used-to-be-synonymous-with-secure-with-steady-with/)

[Elizabeth Warren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-warren/)

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> [One of the strongest lessons I learned in doing six months of work on retirement topic was how absolutely crucial the Social…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hedrick-smith/one-of-the-strongest-lessons-i-learned-in-doing-six-months-of-work-on/)

[Hedrick Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hedrick-smith/)

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> [“If employment really cared about employees, people wouldn’t have to work until retirement comes to their rescue.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mokokoma-mokhonoana/if-employment-really-cared-about-employees-people-wouldn-t-have-to/)

[Mokokoma Mokhonoana](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mokokoma-mokhonoana/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/17c/mokokoma-mokhonoana-195_bills_if-employment-really-cared-about-employe_725635.jpg)

> [There's been a lot said about Social Security reform. What has been left out of the debate is the double tax on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-simmons/there-s-been-a-lot-said-about-social-security-reform-what-has-been/)

[Rob Simmons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-simmons/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d62/rob-simmons-46147_about_there-s-been-a-lot-said-about-social-sec_805210.jpg)

> [Like the truth, retirement can set you free. Or, like work, retirement can imprison you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernie-j-zelinski/like-the-truth-retirement-can-set-you-free-or-like-work-retirement/)

[Ernie J Zelinski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernie-j-zelinski/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a7b/ernie-j-zelinski-3885_inspirational_like-the-truth-retirement-can-set-you-fr_2716857.jpg)

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