#safety

Women would be disproportionately affected by the privatization of social security. It is one of the most important safety nets for American women in old age, or in times of disability, to insure financial income for their families. ↗

— Barbara Mikulski

#age #american #american women #disability #disproportionately

When we stand up for America, we stand up for what America stands for, which is a safety net for our seniors and really helping our families be able to help themselves. ↗

— Barbara Mikulski

#america #families #help #helping #net

A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself. ↗

— John Stuart Mill

#better #chance #creature #exertions #fight

The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself. ↗

— John Stuart Mill

#being #better #chance #creature #exertions

If you’re going to hold a grudge, at least put on an oven mitt before you pick it up.
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— Jarod Kintz

#bizarre #funny #grudge #hold-a-grudge #humor

Because of my own experience with market fluctuation, I recognize the great risks one takes on investments. This converts the Social Security safety net into a risky proposition many cannot afford to take. ↗

— Grace Napolitano

#because #cannot #converts #experience #fluctuation

For people who have for been putting their hard-earned money into the system for years, the president's idea would replace their safety net with a risky gamble with no assurance of a stable return of investment. ↗

— Grace Napolitano

#been #gamble #idea #into #investment

Well, you know, I think in conversations with members of the Senate and others, they all recognize that the issue of immigration is important. It's important to our nation, it's important to our public safety, it's important to our security, it's important to our economic well-being moving forward. And it's not something that's going to go away. ↗

— Janet Napolitano

#conversations #economic #forward #go #go away

The security of our nation depends on the men and women who are willing to sacrifice their safety, and possibly their lives, to protect the freedoms the rest of us enjoy. ↗

— Ben Nelson

#enjoy #freedoms #lives #men #men and women

I could not tread these perilous paths in safety, if I did not keep a saving sense of humor. ↗

— Horatio Nelson

#did #humor #i #keep #paths