I believe a thriving private sector is the lifeblood of our economy... But after years now of record corporate profits, working families won’t get more opportunity or bigger paychecks just by letting big banks or big oil or hedge funds make their own rules at everybody else’s expense.
Discussing the balance between private sector growth and worker protections.
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What they did here will reverberate through the ages... they proved that nonviolent change is possible, that love and hope can conquer hate.
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We know the march is not yet over. We know the race is not yet won. We know that reaching that blessed destination where we are judged, all of us, by the content of our character requires admitting as much, facing up to the truth.
To help ourselves we’ve got to help others -- not pull up the drawbridge and try to keep the world out.
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