Ken Livingstone Quotes

Instead of focusing on this sort of defeatist mentality where we've gotta up the minimum wage, why don't we focus on creating better-paying jobs?

Jobs mean freedom for workers to support their families.

We obviously would like to get unemployment as low as we possibly can.

The issue most on Hoosiers' minds is job creation, job retention, and household income.

What America needs is jobs. Lots of jobs.

The best thing for workers is work, not unemployment.

We are determined to work in partnership with business not only towards our goal of full employment, but for more secure jobs for working people so they can get on and meet their aspirations.

Africans don't just need more jobs: they need better jobs.

By strengthening the economy, providing job opportunity and meeting the needs of working families, we can ensure the continued prosperity of our nation.

I've created tens of thousands of jobs over the years.

A lot of people quit looking for work as soon as they find a job.

When you grow up with a mother who has to wash dishes and clean hotel rooms, you know the importance of having a job, and you can't be without a job for any length of time, or you will be without anything.

Today, there are more Americans working than ever before in the history of our Nation, and the average wage of those workers is higher than it has ever been in the history of our Nation.

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.

I'm going to continue to talk about what is important to the people of Connecticut which is jobs, getting people back to work, the economy.

My job is to create jobs. In the end I'm going to have jobs to show for it.

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 fresh, new leadership with bold ideas and a new approach to get more people back to work with quality jobs and restored dignity in the lives of our Utahns.

There is no social program in this country that is as important as a good job that pays well, that gives someone an opportunity to go to work, have some security, have benefits, and take care of their family and have a good life.

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

I feel so fortunate and lucky I don't have to be a waitress or a bartender or a personal trainer.

You know, it cuts both ways... no one wants to lose a job, but everybody wants to work.

There is only one way to reduce unemployment in France: You have to explain to the French people that they have to work harder.

Give the working-man the right to work as long as he is healthy; assure him care when he is sick; assure him maintenance when he is old.

Can the private sector create enough good jobs that pay well for everyone that wants one?