John Hickenlooper Quotes

I won't stop fighting to make life better for working Americans and give those who are just trying to find a decent job the opportunity to do so.

The more time I spent in developing countries, and the more time I spent talking to poor people, I realized what they want more than anything is a good job.

Those who work ought to live better than those that don't.

More effective than giving away half my fortune before I die is finding a way to help people have a good-paying job.

What middle-income Americans want most of all is a job. We need a generous safety net for the most vulnerable in our society, but for most people the biggest social accomplishment that we can help them achieve is a good-paying job.

We continue to fight for good jobs that pay well and jobs that last. Helping to get folks back to work is about helping them to regain their dignity and pride. That's what families care about.

There is no social program in this country that is as important as a good job that pays well, that gives someone an opportunity to go to work, have some security, have benefits, and take care of their family and have a good life.

This is the greatest country in the world for people who want to work, but we have to make sure that this is always true..

I am running because I believe strongly that we need to get folks back to work and address the needs that the folks in the 1st Congressional District have in terms of employment and economic opportunity.

People in this country should be able to find economic opportunity and meaningful jobs in the places they grew up.

Jobs are central to the American dream - and President Obama has focused on jobs from day one.

I think I'd work on making sure that Canadians have opportunities to find good jobs, to grow, to gain stability in terms of pensions. The reality is that Canadians don't feel that our economy is working for us.

Work is at the core of human dignity.

The House has passed several bipartisan bills to ensure all Americans have the opportunity to secure a good job to provide for their families. All of these jobs bills deserve the support of our Senators and a strong show of leadership from the president.

We want work and we want honest jobs. Our minds and our hands will be our keep!

The unemployed have rights that are above charity. They have the right to work.

The global economy should not be supported by wage earners. They have to be able to build a future like any other human being.

The truth is that we have got to make America work for working people again.

A job is the best cure for poverty, and that's why economic development and job creation has been my principle focus.

I am on the side of the working person across the country.

Poverty is poverty. At the end of the day, people want a job.

Work is at the heart of human dignity.

When thousands of men and women work full time but need food stamps to put food on their tables, when they can't get health benefits, when they can't get paid sick days, then we must do whatever we can to stand up for them.

I believe in capitalism for everybody, not necessarily high finance but capitalism that works for the working men and women of this country who are out there paddling alone in America right now.

Together we will build an America where hope is a new job with a paycheck, not a faded word on an old bumper sticker.