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"What is the biggest public forum in the United States? We were told it's the Super Bowl. The ad shows kids working at blue-collar jobs, and the final statement is just written text: Who's going to pay for the trillion dollar deficit?"
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"Trade helps bring us products cheaply, but there is no guarantee whatsoever to assume that it will allow us to replace the jobs that have been lost, and there is no mechanism under productivity that says that, either."

"Producing fuel cells and solar panels requires high tech facilities and produces high paying jobs. The industry is booming in Arizona. The state already has about 100 firms in the solar industry and has grown 20% since 2003."

"We have to protect all journalists, and journalists have to be allowed to do their jobs."

"I made the mistake of using my earned sick time at the W. M. Keck Observatory for essential surgery. When I returned to work the management team demanded my resignation numerous times, citing my essential surgery as a reason. The W. M. Keck Observatory taught me that using earned sick time in the USA may put your future employment at significant risk."

"I've had bad jobs. Now I have a good one. I'm thankful."

"We've lost 3,000 jobs in Beaufort County. We've lost half of our manufacturing workforce."

"President Bush has said that the ecomnomy is growing, that there are jobs out there. But you know, it's a long commute to China to get those jobs."

"I left Apple in April of 1984, pretty soon after the introduction of the Mac."

"The employed are punished by having to do what they do not love. The self-employed are punished by the opposite."

"If you look at the data, the inner city that was the riot zone lost 55,000 jobs in the ten years from 1992 to 2002, instead of gaining a surplus of 50,000."
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"We've got 50 percent voter turnout for presidential elections. That's appalling. We can do so much better."

"Moveon is not a one-way broadcast media. The Internet, when used best, is a two-way media. We have a forum in which people can post comments and those comments can be rated. We get a sense of what people feel most passionately about."

"Most families need both parents to work. Moms need to be able to work and earn fair pay and have the flexibility in their jobs to also be primary caretakers."

"The purpose of The Motherhood Manifesto is mothers really need to be given the ability to parent."

"Most jobs today are still structured the same way they were 50 years ago, when most families had someone who could stay at home."

"A book reaches a different crowd of people. There are 50 different stories of very different individuals participating in their communities either locally or nationally in meaningful ways."

"I have a real sense of optimism that we are revolutionizing the way we do politics in this country."

"Even though mother's issues are not front page news, they touch us all personally, some more than others, and I believe passionately in the power of grassroots engagement."
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