Thomas More Quotes

No one capable of maintaining himself by art or labour pretend to be poor and beg his food on pain of imprisonment.

The obligation to earn one's bread presumes the right to do so. A society that denies this right cannot be justified, nor can it attain social peace.

I think the guys who are sort of infantry in Somali piracy are not unlike low-level drug dealers in urban areas in America, who see it as, you know, not having many other options. I think it comes down to money and needing to survive.

Let's take care of the necessities first: give people jobs, and find a way to get us out of poverty.

How can a man help breaking the law when he don't have money to live on?

Without economic security, liberty is not worth having.

Liberty requires opportunity to make a living - a living decent according to the standard of the time, a living which gives man not only enough to live by, but something to live for.

I know of only three ways of living in society: one must be a beggar, a thief, or a wage earner.

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.

Giving away food only encourages the poor not to starve. Increase productivity, not employment. Insure profits before we insure people Don’t be haters! We’re job creators. Bailout banks, not these losers (people evicted by banks foreclosing on their mortgages).

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

Independence feels like a luxury, where the reality is that it's hard to survive financially for so many people out there.

Our people want jobs. They don't want a safety net as a way of life.

When I was very young, I had to start to working to help my family, while my friends were studying. Since then, I have felt the urgency to escape from every dependency situation.

Yeah, I'll basically do anything to make money for food.

As a young girl growing up in poverty, I know firsthand how much a paycheck from a summer job can make a difference.

I was brought up knowing that you have to make a living.

I never wanted to have to take a job because I didn't have any money.

I just decided that I wasn't going to gain anything by going to school, since we couldn't afford it anyway, so I left school very early and went to work and progressively did things.

Jobs mean freedom for workers to support their families.

I did all kinds of things in order to earn a living.

My senior year I was basically supporting myself, so it was like, Do you want to eat and pay the rent, or do you want to go to school? I wanted to eat and pay the rent.

People everywhere in the world are hungry for economic opportunity. And it's about a lot more than being able to make money.

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

Never again should Ghanaians have to resort to dubious means to get to, or live in, foreign lands, simply to make a living.