#rate

It is fatal for any body of workers to have forever hanging from the fringes of its skirts other bodies on a level just below its own; for that means continual pressure downward, additional difficulty to be overcome in the struggle to maintain reasonable rates of wages. ↗

— Florence Kelley

#any #below #bodies #body #continual

American society as a whole can never achieve the outer-reaches of potential, so long as it tolerates the inner cities of despair. ↗

— Jack Kemp

#american #american society #cities #despair #inner

I am committed to strengthening our agricultural economy by protecting the unique interests of small and medium size family farms so that they can continue to operate. ↗

— Sue Kelly

#am #committed #continue #economy #family

Every time in this century we've lowered the tax rates across the board, on employment, on saving, investment and risk-taking in this economy, revenues went up, not down. ↗

— Jack Kemp

#board #century #down #economy #employment

To say that an idea is fashionable is to say, I think, that is has been adulterated to a point where it is hardly an idea at all. ↗

— Murray Kempton

#been #fashionable #hardly #i #i think

We must act swiftly in order to halt the rate of decay our planet faces. ↗

— Henry W. Kendall

#decay #faces #halt #must #order

To not be self-conscious of your appearance is huge, and something that I desperately hope to carry into film at some point in my useless life - to not be thinking, 'My ear looks weird from this angle, why is the camera over there?' ↗

— Anna Kendrick

#appearance #camera #carry #desperately #ear

The First Amendment is often inconvenient. But that is beside the point. Inconvenience does not absolve the government of its obligation to tolerate speech. ↗

— Anthony Kennedy

#amendment #beside #does #first #first amendment

I should do something about the cigarettes; I quite accept that it's bad for your health, but you know a moderate tipple is positively beneficial and, at certain times, absolutely essential. ↗

— Charles Kennedy

#absolutely #accept #bad #beneficial #certain

Whenever you're sitting across from some important person, always picture him sitting there in a suit of long red underwear. That's the way I always operated in business. ↗

— Joseph P. Kennedy

#always #business #him #i #i always