"The people are what matter to government, and……" — Frances Perkins
"The people are what matter to government, and a government should aim to give all the people under its jurisdiction the best possible life."
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15 Quotes by Frances Perkins
Frances Perkins has 15 quotes on this site.
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Out of our first century of national life we evolved the ethical principle that it was not right or just…
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You can always get sympathy by using the word small. With little industries you feel as you do about a…
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It is not the nature of man, as I see it, ever to be quite satisfied with what he has…
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Most of man's problems upon this planet, in the long history of the race, have been met and solved either…
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Feminism means revolution and I am a revolutionist.
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Being a woman has only bothered me in climbing trees.
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To one who believes that really good industrial conditions are the hope for a machine civilization, nothing is more heartening…
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In America, public opinion is the leader
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I came to Washington to work for God, FDR, and the millions of forgotten, plain common workingmen.
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Our idea of what constitutes social good has advanced with the procession of the ages, from those desperate times when…
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This leads to a question - if a great many people are for a certain project, is it necessarily right?…
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The door might not be opened to a woman again for a long, long time, and I had a kind…
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The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.
— Aristotle
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The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.
— Aristotle
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Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim at some good; and for…
— Aristotle
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Our efforts are not aimed at isolating Israel or de-legitimizing it; rather we want to gain legitimacy for the cause…
— Mahmoud Abbas
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Tourism is a crucial industry that could employ millions of Filipinos, skilled and unskilled alike, cross those 7,107 islands of…
— Benigno Aquino III
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If you watch animals objectively for any length of time, you're driven to the conclusion that their main aim in…
— David Attenborough
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Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they should never bother about.
— Wystan Hugh Auden
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Dress is at all times a frivolous distinction, and excessive solicitude about it often destroys its own aim.
— Jane Austen
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The aim and final end of all music should be none other than the glory of God and the refreshment…
— Johann Sebastian Bach
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A boy carries out suggestions more wholeheartedly when he understands their aim.
— Robert Baden-Powell
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Social media is a giant distraction to the ultimate aim, which is honing your craft as a songwriter. There are…
— Bryan Adams
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Schools are not intended to moralize a wicked world, but to impart knowledge and develop intelligence, with only two social…
— Jacques Barzun
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