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““I cannot remain silent because I am in politics out of conviction and not because of convenience. Divorce was a civil right as were the vote for women and young people, free healthcare and education, the decriminalisation of homosexuality and the separation of Church and state.all of which Labour governments had fought for wholeheartedly”
Joseph Muscat
“Family policy, was not to beat on one's chest against divorce, but to create the right socio-economic circumstances to help families stay together”
“Families should also be given the necessary benefits. But the government had its priorities wrong and instead of finding money to help families overcome burdens, it was spending €100 million on the City Gate project, it was building a bridge to nowhere at the breakwater and it had given cabinet members a €500 weekly raise.”
““You (the government) are not denying me anything by not giving me the €500 increase per week, like the Minister and Cabinet were given. I said from day one I would donate the money. You are denying the money from the charities which would have benefitted.””
“Political equality is meaningless in the face of economic inequality.”
Economic
“What we definitely do not want is to have young people who cannot afford to study because of financial problems in their families.”
“... inequality matters ... is what it takes to live a decent life. If you get sick without health coverage, inequality matters. If you're the only breadwinner and out of work, inequality matters. If your local public library closes down and you can't afford to buy books on your own, inequality matters ... If you lose your job as you’re about to retire, inequality matters. And if the financial system collapses and knocks the props from beneath your pension, inequality matters.”
Bill Moyers
“America to withdraw its troops from Iraq ahead of schedule. To prepare for the "civil war" brewing back home?”
Muhammed Haider
“I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races - I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of making voters or jurors of Negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office,”
Abraham Lincoln
“Society is strongest when it upholds the basic civil rights of all its citizens, including the right to marry the person you love.”
Mark Leno
