America Quote by Richard Trumka

Massachusetts led the nation passing the first state minimum wage a century ago in June 1912, and with passage of an $11 state minimum…

— Holly Sklar

Establishing a 'livable wage' floor would immediately reduce the gap in average pay between American women and men.

— Stephanie Coontz

When we lift the wage floor, it not only betters the lives of those whose wages are directly affected, it also lifts the economy…

— Thomas Perez

The Captains of Industry have always counseled the rest of us "to be realistic." Let us, therefore, be realistic. Is it realistic to assume…

— Wendell Berry

A rill in a barnyard and the Grand Canyon represent, in the main, stages of valley erosion that began some millions of years apart.

— George Gaylord Simpson

The main characteristic of Nature's farming can therefore be summed up in a few words. Mother earth never attempts to farm without live stock;…

— Anonymous

Since 9/11 the United States has been followed by countries with bad records, such as the former Soviet Union countries, into erosions of human…

— Mary Robinson

I wish the press were paying more attention to the erosion of the Constitution and the slippery slope that we're getting into, by giving…

— Barbara Lee

But if there's an erosion at home, you know, Thomas Jefferson warned about a tyranny of an oligarchy and if we surrender our democracy…

— Pat Robertson

Many people are alienated by faceless bureaucracy and what they see as an erosion of participatory democracy. Consequently, there has been a revival of…

— Frank Prochaska

To see rich land eaten away by erosion, to stand by as continual cultivation on sloping fields wears away the best soil, is enough…

— Henry A. Wallace

There are degrees of incompatibility, and there are more factors relevant to upholding democracy and human rights than the operation of neoliberal markets. Perhaps…

— Richard A. Falk