Keith Ellison Quotes

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.'

You destroy the initiative of the working people if they don't feel they have a fighting chance to be a part of the American Dream.

My sympathies have always been for working-class people.

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.

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

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.

My heart lies with the workers.

The workers, before all else.

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

I stand with the working-class citizens.

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.

The white working class wants jobs. They don't want to be stuck trying to make ends meet with part-time work and government assistance. They want a good paying job that they can take pride in. The type of job that has fled America thanks to the Left.

I want all of the blue collar American working class people to know that I'm out there fighting for them.

I feel sympathy for the working class lad. I've always championed about ticket prices and try to equate that to people's salaries.

Legislation has been and is still directed towards the protection of wealth, rather than towards the far more important interests of labor on which everything of value to mankind depends.

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.

Our efforts must be bent in the direction of convincing the great mass of working people of this country of the necessity of our winning and retaining our place in business and commerce. That place can be won only through the workers' own efforts and through their own efficiency.

If we care about the average working American, then Wal-Mart matters. A lot.

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 song 'Take This Job and Shove It' spent 18 weeks on the country charts in 1977. 1970s country music fans had a clearer understanding of the ennui of wage-slavery than modern elites.

So I will stand more steadfastly for the things I stand up for, like people who work for a living. I'd like to be able to stand that way when I go to Congress.

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.

I reject the idea that any job is too hard or too dirty for American workers to do. American workers just expect and demand to be paid a decent wage.

People who work make the world live better and to reward these people well is normal. Yet they are not the people who are the wealthiest.

Hey, you got something going here. I think we've got a chance for some progressive policy that actually focuses on poor and working people.