#raising

Slavery can only be abolished by raising the character of the people who compose the nation; and that can be done only by showing them a higher one. ↗

— Maria Weston Chapman

#compose #done #higher #nation #only

It is estimated that raising the retirement age to 70 would cut the shortfall by about 36%. But this proposal has some drawbacks. Women and men who have worked jobs that require manual labor all of their lives may not physically be able to do work until they are 70 years old. ↗

— Steve Israel

#about #age #cut #drawbacks #estimated

My character Esteban is a guy who really didn't think he was gonna be there at this point in his life. He's in his early 30s. He's got a son. He's raising his son as a single father. ↗

— Esai Morales

#early #father #gonna #got #guy

I made a conscious decision that I was not going to have children. I didn't want others raising them, and looking after them myself would get in the way of being a musician and writer. ↗

— Stevie Nicks

#being #children #conscious #conscious decision #decision

It is almost universally felt that when we call a country democratic we are praising it; consequently, the defenders of every kind of regime claim that it is a democracy, and fear that they might have to stop using the word if it were tied down to any one meaning. ↗

— George Orwell

#any #call #claim #consequently #country

The three main political parties all agree the UK deficit is high and needs to be brought down. All agree that it is easier to get a deficit down if you have faster growth, cutting unemployment-related costs and raising revenues. ↗

— John Redwood

#brought #costs #cutting #deficit #down

Raising a family is difficult enough. But it's even more difficult for single parents struggling to make ends meet. They don't need more obstacles. They need more opportunities. ↗

— Bill Richardson

#ends #enough #even #family #make

Yes. We do think that the stimulus package is raising GDP and raising employment relative to what would have happened otherwise. ↗

— Doug Elmendorf

#gdp #happened #otherwise #package #raising

While raising my children, I would like to take on other challenges. ↗

— Ryoko Tani

#children #i #like #other #raising

I ran around with the other youngsters, hunting, fishing and raising tadpoles and all the rest. ↗

— DeForest Kelley

#fishing #hunting #i #other #raising