"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."

Family, Obstacles, Parents

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"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."

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"I am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be no more wars."

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"Mother is the center of the family, everyone else surrounds her."

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"Behind all your stories is always your mother's story. Because hers is where yours begin."

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"If you don't have the support and love and caring and connection that you get from a family, you don't have much at all."

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"I tell you, families are definitely the training ground for forgiveness."

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"As state leaders, I think its important for us to provide our perspectives on issues we face every day - like access to school spending, access to health care and governing in a global economy."

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"Education enables people and societies to be what they can be."

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"Whether you are a Democrat or a Republican, our nation is stronger when we are respected throughout the world."

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"We as a people, as a state, and as a community, have too much promise, too much potential, and too much at stake to go any other way than forward. We are too strong in our hearts, too innovative in our minds, and too firm in our beliefs to retreat from our goals."

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"I choose bold. I choose action. I choose what's right for the people. I choose to make a difference."

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"We must never forget that it is the private sector - not government - that is the engine of economic opportunity. Businesses, particularly small businesses, flourish and can provide good jobs when government acts as a productive partner."

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"Ignorance has always been the weapon of tyrants; enlightenment the salvation of the free."

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"The smartest thing we can do to create high-wage jobs and grow our economy is to keep our focus on education."

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