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• In Cleveland there is legislation moving forward to ban people from wearing pants that fit too low. However, there is lots of opposition from the plumber' union.

  Conan O'Brien

  Moving, People, Cleveland

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• All the evidence shows very clearly that if you are a member of a trade union you are likely to get better pay, more equal pay, better health and safety, more chance to get training, more chance to have conditions of work that help if you have caring responsibilities ... the list goes on!

  Frances O'Grady

  Responsibility, Caring, Equal Pay

  "The history woman". Interview with Hélène Mulholland, www.theguardian.com. September 6, 2006.

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• Ordinary people who have lots of good ideas want more than a suggestion box, and they need a union to represent that thinking.

  Frances O'Grady

  Thinking, Ideas, People

  "TUC leader Frances O'Grady: 'People want some hope for the future'". Interview with Hélène Mulholland, www.theguardian.com. September 5, 2012.

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• I came from a family where joining a union was the expected thing to do. I've always believed that the relationship between an employer and an individual worker is fundamentally unequal.

  Frances O'Grady

  Joining, Individual, Employers

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• Unions are about the collective leverage, the power of numbers versus the power of capital.

  Kevin O'Leary

  Numbers, Collectives, Versus

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• If I were the president of the United States, I would make unions illegal. They no longer serve a functional purpose in democracy, in my view.

  Kevin O'Leary

  Views, Democracy, President

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• Many blue-collar families struggling to pay rent would be happy to skip paying optional union dues.

  Kevin O'Leary

  Struggle, Blue, Would Be

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• We all remember Abraham Lincoln as the leader who saved our Union. Founder of the Republican Party.

  Barack Obama

  Party, Leader, Remember

  Barack Obama's Address to a Joint Session of Congress, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. September 8, 2011.

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• I've said very clearly, including in a State of the Union address, that I'm against 'don't ask, don't tell' and that we're going to end this policy.

  Barack Obama

  Addresses, Said, Ends

  "The Rachel Maddow Show" with Rachel Maddow, www.msnbc.com. October 14, 2010.

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• I will not say the fact that there are no European Union observers at an election means that it will not be fair and free.

  Olusegun Obasanjo

  Mean, Europe, Facts

  "US to match EU sanctions on Zimbabwe" by Andrew Meldrum, David Pallister, Julian Borger, www.theguardian.com. February 19, 2002.

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• Make it a priority to have at least eight months of living costs set aside in a federally insured bank or credit union account.

  Suze Orman

  Eight, Priorities, Cost

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• After every major conflict - World War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam, the fall of the Soviet Union - what happened was that we ultimately hollowed out the force, largely by doing deep across-the-board cuts.

  Leon Panetta

  War, Fall, Cutting

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• It is the hope of the European Union that Ariel Sharon will keep the peace process alive and continue the dialogue according to the wishes of all the parties involved.

  Goran Persson

  Party, Europe, Wish

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• When I believe in Jesus, I am united to Christ. Therefore, what he did and achieved becomes mine by this union through faith alone. His righteous life is imputed to me. What Christ achieved is counted as mine.

  John Piper

  Jesus, Believe, Life Is

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• I see that not everyone in the West has understood that the Soviet Union has disappeared from the political map of the world and that a new country has emerged with new humanist and ideological principles at the foundation of its existence.

  Vladimir Putin

  Country, Political, Foundation

  Interview with TF-1 Television Channel (France), en.kremlin.ru. July 12, 2006.

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• Even during the years of the Cold War, the intense confrontation between the Soviet Union and the United States, we always avoided any direct clash between our civilians and, most certainly, between our military.

  Vladimir Putin

  Military, War, Years

  Interview with Matthew Chance, edition.cnn.com. August 29, 2008.

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• There have been major disagreements within the European Union.

  Jean-Pierre Raffarin

  Europe, Has Beens, Majors

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• We believe that the European Union is facing a truly historic choice.

  Jean-Pierre Raffarin

  Believe, Europe, Choices

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• I finally had to go to the American Civil Liberties Union here in northern California to get my reply published to what I considered to be a hatchet job done by Stanley Crouch.

  Ishmael Reed

  Jobs, Hippie, California

  Interview with Reginald Martin, www.dalkeyarchive.com. July, 1983.

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• I did my first apprenticeship when I was 15, then joined the union when I was 17. I worked every summer in high school and college.

  Christopher Reeve

  Summer, School, College

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• Why should the Negroes ever fight against the only nations of the world where racial discrimination is prohibited, and where the people can live freely? Never! I can assure you, they will never fight against either the Soviet Union or the peoples' democracies.

  Paul Robeson

  Fighting, People, Democracy

  Paul Robeson, Philip Sheldon Foner (1978). “Paul Robeson speaks: writings, speeches, interviews, 1918-1974”, Brunner-Routledge

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• I make a lot of money. I can take a pay cut. All my friends are taking pay cuts that are in the unions, that are - that are farming in Alabama or whatever it is. I can surely take a pay cut, too, not cutting down my show or - or the people that work for me, I can take a pay cut.

  Kid Rock

  Cutting, People, Pay

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• Now workers should have the right to join unions. But unions should not be forced upon workers. And unions should not have the power to take money our of their members' paychecks to buy the support of politicians that are favored by the union bosses.

  Mitt Romney

  Should Have, Support, Boss

  "Mitt Romney Wins in the District of Columbia". "Piers Morgan Tonight", transcripts.cnn.com. April 3, 2012.

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• Instead of just giving lip service to improving our schools, I will actually put the kids first and the teachers union behind in giving our kids better teachers, better options and better choices for a better future.

  Mitt Romney

  Inspirational, Teacher, School

  "Romney Outlines 'Education Crisis,' Seeks To Paint Obama As Union Apologist" by Joy Resmovits, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 23, 2012.

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• We have used the presence of UNMIK, as well as other European and American agencies to establish a legal framework compatible with the European Union and that is already an advantage. We have seen the positive effects of this and our parliament will continue to go this way.

  Ibrahim Rugova

  Agency, Europe, Way

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