Economic Opportunity Quotes
31 Economic Opportunity quotes by 27 unique authors
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A people inspired by democracy, human rights and economic opportunity will turn their back decisively against extremism.
— Benazir Bhutto
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Citizenship has not delivered Indigenous Australians the same quality of life other Australians expect. Basic human rights involve health, housing, education, employment, economic opportunity, and…
— Jackie Huggins
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We can't impede progress in the name of environmental action that yields little for the environment and even less for our people.. and we should…
— Meg Whitman
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To meet the expectations of the majority of our people, and to open up new vistas of economic opportunity so that the aspirations of Nigerians…
— Ibrahim Babangida
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Humanitys greatest advances are not in its discoveries, but in how those discoveries are applied to reduce inequity. Whether through democracy, strong public education, quality…
— Bill Gates
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We must never forget that it is the private sector - not government - that is the engine of economic opportunity. Businesses, particularly small businesses,…
— Bill Richardson
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President Obama is currently on a week-long trip to Africa, where he will promote freedom, democracy, and economic opportunity. I guess he figured it hasn't…
— Jay Leno
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Most Americans who made it past the fourth grade have a pretty good idea who Thurgood Marshall, Rosa Parks, and Martin Luther King, Jr., were.…
— Louis Menand
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Green-tech could be the largest economic opportunity of the 21st Century.
— John Doerr
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Time and again we’ve seen that reducing poverty comes down to economic opportunity-not just connecting the poor to services like banking, but ensuring they can…
— Leila Janah
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America's foreign policy supports freedom, democracy, and human dignity for all mankind, and we make no apologies for it. The opportunity society that we want…
— Ronald Reagan
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Do we believe that there is equal economic opportunity out there in the real world, right now, for each and every one of these groups?…
— William Weld
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While much remains to be done to achieve full equality of economic opportunity-for the average woman worker earns only 60 percent of the average wage…
— John F. Kennedy
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If we have major geographic areas within our continent that have a tremendous lack of economic opportunity, we found that that is going to produce…
— William Weld
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Yeah, this country's founding fathers are a bunch of dead rich white men, but they did set things up so you could come and sit…
— Dennis Miller
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The thing I got to thinking about,' he said, 'is--what are the conditions that lead to larger portions of society being generous, humble, and selfless?…
— Warren St. John
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Every Maryland family wants financial security, schools that work, quality healthcare, safer neighborhoods, and ever-expanding economic opportunity. These are the building blocks of a superior…
— Bob Ehrlich
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My vision for Kentucky is a Commonwealth where there is so much economic opportunity, and our quality of life is so high, that people who…
— Ernie Fletcher
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The arts give us our identity as a community; they also draw new people, fresh visions, and renewable economic opportunity to our community.
— Gavin Newsom
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There is a massive economic opportunity out there to be taken without waiting for government legislation.
— Ellen MacArthur
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Under the color-blind ideology of the new racism, Blackness must be SEEN as evidence for the alleged color blindness that seemingly characterizes contemporary economic opportunity.
— Patricia Hill Collins
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More than ever, a college diploma unlocks economic opportunity, provides students with a wealth of new skills and knowledge, and encourages innovation and growth. But…
— Mark Pocan
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Cities can be the engine of social equity and economic opportunity. They can help us reduce our carbon footprint and protect the global environment. That…
— Ban Ki-moon
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To fulfill the promise of economic opportunity, we must remain true to the principle that collective bargaining is a cornerstone of a free society and…
— Thomas Perez
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Here at home, President Obama early on made the connection between growth and economic opportunity for women. In the depths of our crisis in 2009,…
— Lael Brainard
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