Bob Taft Quotes

Everybody in America must have a sense that he can get a job and a have a decent standard of living.

I expect if you are going to come out of the shadows, then you're going to want to have some type of hope in the future that you're going to improve your life and, yes, accomplish that American Dream.

I'm hoping that the administration and other thought leaders will succeed eventually in bringing the country back to the older idea that the American dream is having a career, getting a job, and getting involved in it, and doing well. That was the core of the good life.

… a steady job with decent pay and health benefits, rising living standards, a home of your own, secure retirement, and the hope that your children would enjoy a better future.

In my experience, all Americans - Republicans, Democrats, and everyone in between - want roughly the same thing: an assurance that if they work hard, they can create a better life for themselves and their families. They want to feel safe in their communities and secure in their future.

We must also recognize that the American Dream includes being able to provide and care for your family without fear of losing your job in the process.

The American dream has now morphed into an expectation. And if it isn't provided, or if it doesn't happen, then people feel cheated.

Happiness does not come from football awards. It's terrible to correlate happiness with football. Happiness comes from a good job, being able to feed your wife and kids. I don't dream football, I dream the American dream - two cars in a garage, be a happy father.

In the past, if I didn't work, I didn't eat but now I feel I can not work and I won't starve.

One of the strengths of our nation has always been a strong middle class who could afford their own homes and send their children to school.

At their core, Americans all want the same basic things: a quality education for their children, a good job so they can provide for their families, healthcare and affordable prescription drugs, security during retirement, a strongly equipped military and national security.

You see, we all want the same things. We want to be able to take care of our families, provide for our children, to have a roof over our heads and a good-paying job.

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.

The American Dream is one of success, home ownership, college education for one's children, and have a secure job to provide these and other goals.

Young people deserve stable employment opportunities and not mountains of debt. When young people can access the middle class, America is strengthened.

We must give Oklahoma families the opportunity to thrive and prosper. We must give all Oklahomans the tools necessary to pursue the American dream. And then, we must get out of the way.

Going to college and finding a good job no longer guarantee economic safety.

I have got to lay a foundation of personal security for the working people of this country and their families in order to succeed as your president.

If you work, you should not be poor.

The 'People's Budget' rewards hard work and invests in our country. It ensures that everyone has an opportunity to get a good education, find a good job, live in a safe and secure home, put food on the table, have affordable health care, save for retirement, and maybe have a little left over.

We earn enough here in Dortmund.

Basic income would give people the most important freedom: the freedom of deciding for themselves what they want to do with their lives.

A universal basic income doesn't give people dignity or protect them from boredom and vice.

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

Everything in our lives revolves around our jobs, as much as we hate to say it. Where we live at, where our kids go to school, what we eat, what lifestyle we live, depends on the income we bring in and being able to provide for your family, and that's your employment.