Jeff Merkley Quotes

Even as we continue to carry the banner of civil rights and environmental justice, we've also got to focus on many, many people - for them, life starts with a good job.

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.

In short, avoiding the scourge of unemployment may have less to do with chasing after growth and more to do with building an economy of care, craft and culture. And in doing so, restoring the value of decent work to its rightful place at the heart of society.

We need to be a party saying, 'We are not going to be happy until we get those $30, $40, $50 an hour jobs back for working-class people.'

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

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.

Obama is a president, who I think is anti-jobs.

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

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.

This is just the beginning of a new era for America's workers.

America's leaders need to put their feet in the shoes of working Americans.

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.

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.

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

I always get a little bit frustrated with Republicans, because we always talk about job creators, and really who we should be talking to is their employees.

Working lives are for the state to influence. Unemployment makes people unhappy. So does instability.

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..

We never accept low wages as the driving force for employment or growth.

The Negro claims, as a matter of simple justice, his full share in America's economic and social life. He sees adequate employment opportunities as a chief means of attaining this goal

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

Either Men or Women that have a Trade, or are Labourers, can, if industrious, get near three times the Wages they commonly earn in EngIand.

The key issue is jobs. You can't get away from it: jobs. Having a buck or two in your pocket and feeling like somebody.

Policies that promote better wages and better jobs would be super-helpful, and I'm a big fan of programs that encourage people to go where jobs are.

Democrats should be getting high-fives from sanitation truck drivers - that is what should be happening in America.

I believe that if we are going to create jobs in this country, then let's create jobs that will absolutely put the working-class people at work to the point where they have one job. They don't have to work three because they have to work Wendy's, McDonald's, and Walmart to survive.