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Green-tech could be the largest economic opportunity of the 21st Century. -- John Doerr
Without better economic opportunity, you can't have better public security and vice versa. -- Enrique Pena Nieto
A people inspired by democracy, human rights and economic opportunity will turn their back decisively against extremism. -- Benazir Bhutto
I want to create economic opportunity at home and abroad. I don't want just one or the other. I want both. -- Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
People everywhere in the world are hungry for economic opportunity. And it's about a lot more than being able to make money. -- Joe Biden
Green technologies - going green - is bigger than the Internet. It could be the biggest economic opportunity of the 21st century. -- John Doerr
The more people we can attract to science and technology - men, women, everybody - the more economic opportunity we have as a nation. -- Megan Smith
Every Maryland family wants financial security, schools that work, quality healthcare, safer neighborhoods, and ever-expanding economic opportunity. These are the building blocks of a superior quality of life. -- Bob Ehrlich
If we have major geographic areas within our continent that have a tremendous lack of economic opportunity, we found that that is going to produce instability _ economic, political and social. -- William Weld
To fulfill the promise of economic opportunity, we must remain true to the principle that collective bargaining is a cornerstone of a free society and indispensable to a strong middle class. -- Thomas Perez
Today, the growing economic and social pressures in our country are putting millions of women, children and families at increased risk of abuse and neglect, especially when families are denied basic support services and economic opportunity. -- Robert Casey
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. -- Bill Richardson
More than ever, a college diploma unlocks economic opportunity, provides students with a wealth of new skills and knowledge, and encourages innovation and growth. But more than ever, it also comes with a mountain of student loan debt. -- Mark Pocan
But, we have had the debate in our country now for a number of years as to whether or not free trade agreements are good for economic growth and economic opportunity in creating jobs and lifting people out of poverty. -- Donald Evans
Do we believe that there is equal economic opportunity out there in the real world, right now, for each and every one of these groups? If we believed in the tooth fairy, if we believed in the Easter Bunny, we might well believe that. -- William Weld
We need a new Latin American policy that is bold - different. We need to focus on building civil society, focus on the lack of infrastructure. We need look at ways to foster economic opportunity. There needs to be a more comprehensive economic vision in the region. -- Mel Martinez
To meet the expectations of the majority of our people, and to open up new vistas of economic opportunity so that the aspirations of Nigerians can stand a fair chance of being fulfilled in a lifetime, there must be a truly committed leadership in a democratic Nigeria. -- Ibrahim Babangida
My vision for Kentucky is a Commonwealth where there is so much economic opportunity, and our quality of life is so high, that people who are born here can stay here, and people who aren't fortunate enough to be born in Kentucky, can look forward to locating here. -- Ernie Fletcher
Cities can be the engine of social equity and economic opportunity. They can help us reduce our carbon footprint and protect the global environment. That is why it is so important that we work together to build the capacity of mayors and all those concerned in planning and running sustainable cities. -- Ban Ki-moon
There's a lot of evidence that shows that if we push as hard as we need to for net-zero emissions, we'll find ourselves with cities that are more secure, healthier, and have more economic opportunity - are frankly better cities to live in - than if we settle for the status quo. -- Alex Steffen
Here at home, President Obama early on made the connection between growth and economic opportunity for women. In the depths of our crisis in 2009, one of the first laws the president signed was the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. He established an Equal Pay Task Force led by Valerie Jarrett to help women get paid what they earn. -- Lael Brainard
What animates me in politics are the economic issues of opportunity. -- Ted Cruz
Dark economic clouds are dissipating into an emerging blue sky of opportunity. -- Rick Perry
There is a massive economic opportunity out there to be taken without waiting for government legislation. -- Ellen MacArthur
Freedom requires that government keep the channels of competition and opportunity open, prevent monopolies, economic abuse and domination. -- Herbert Hoover
So long as free land exists, the opportunity for a competency exists, and economic power secures political power. -- Frederick Jackson Turner
We see China as a large market opportunity with similar cyclical economic cycles that occur throughout every economy. -- Douglas Leone
Cities with a black middle class provide the narrow minded an opportunity to realize that cultural differences are largely economic. -- Dov Davidoff
Walmart's Global Women's Economic Empowerment Initiative is working to create opportunity and empower women and girls in markets around the world. -- Sylvia Mathews Burwell
As a practical matter, every immigrant needs to master English to be a full participating citizen and to have full economic opportunity. -- Richard Lugar
The arts give us our identity as a community; they also draw new people, fresh visions, and renewable economic opportunity to our community. -- Gavin Newsom
The prospects of green economic opportunity is going to be determined to a great extent by politicians arriving at some sort of bi-partisan resolution. -- Van Jones
The leisure class is one in which individuals have sufficient economic security and sufficient leisure to find opportunity for a variety of satisfactions in life. -- Eleanor Roosevelt
It is the good fortune of the affluent country that the opportunity cost of economic discussion is low and hence it can afford all kinds. -- John Kenneth Galbraith
Under the color-blind ideology of the new racism, Blackness must be SEEN as evidence for the alleged color blindness that seemingly characterizes contemporary economic opportunity. -- Patricia Hill Collins
Ultimately it is by harnessing the natural economic forces which drive society that the pollution tax offers us an opportunity to exert greater control over our environment. -- Greg Hunt
We need to conceptualize; we need to articulate conservative domestic policy with a laser focus on opportunity, on easing the means of ascent up the economic ladder. -- Ted Cruz
As a major economic force worldwide, India and Indian companies have the opportunity to set the standards in Asia in terms of women's right to decent work. -- Michelle Bachelet
Spending time at the Federal Reserve was a good learning opportunity for me. It helped me to understand economic philosophies and polices that I had not previously known about. -- Herman Cain
Materially we must strive to secure a broader economic opportunity for all men, so that each shall have a better chance to show the stuff of which he is made. -- Theodore Roosevelt
If we have major geographic areas within our continent that have a tremendous lack of economic opportunity, we found that that is going to produce instability economic, political and social. -- William Weld
We are at a pivotal moment in our shared history. The global goals of a healthy planet, social equality, and economic opportunity for all are within reach. But we cannot prevaricate. -- Achim Steiner
With economic opportunity, sometimes it's making sure that if they're not in a place where they can have good jobs, that when they have economic opportunity, they have digital tools to use. -- Melinda Gates
While much remains to be done to achieve full equality of economic opportunity-for the average woman worker earns only 60 percent of the average wage for men-this legislation is a significant step forward. -- John F. Kennedy
President Obama is currently on a week-long trip to Africa, where he will promote freedom, democracy, and economic opportunity. I guess he figured it hasn't worked here - so try it somewhere else. -- Jay Leno
We can't impede progress in the name of environmental action that yields little for the environment and even less for our people.. and we should look at the environment as an economic opportunity. -- Meg Whitman
As President, I am determined to offer leadership to overcome our current economic problems. My goal is for jobs for all who want to work and economic opportunity for all who want to achieve. -- Gerald R. Ford
Time and again weâ??ve seen that reducing poverty comes down to economic opportunity-not just connecting the poor to services like banking, but ensuring they can be producers on fair terms in the global economy. -- Leila Janah

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