“I personally believe, as church law sets out, that sanctions are an absolute last resort, particularly penal sanctions of depriving people of the sacraments.” PeopleBelieveLastsLawChurchAbsolutesSacramentsResortsSanctionsDepriving Author:Roger Mahony
“To the second end, we hold that minimum wage commissions should be established in the Nation and in each State to inquire into wages paid in various industries and to determine the standard which the public ought to sanction as a minimum; and we believe that, as a present installment of what we hope for in the future, there should be at once established in the Nation and its several States minimum standards for the wages of women, taking the present Massachusetts law as a basis from which to start and on which to improve.” ShouldBelieveEndsStatesLawNationsIndustryOughtStandardsBasesPaidDetermineVariousMinimumWagesSanctionsMinimum WageMassachusettsLiving Wage Author:Theodore Roosevelt
“I never did, nor do I believe I ever shall, give advice to a woman who is setting out on a matrimonial voyage; first, because I never could advise one to marry without her own consent; and, secondly, I know it is to no purpose to advise her to refrain when she has obtained it. A woman very rarely asks an opinion or requires advice on such an occasion, till her resolution is formed; and then it is with the hope and expectation of obtaining a sanction, not that she means to be governed by your disapprobation, that she applies.” KnowsGivingFirstsBelieveMeanPurposeAsksI BelieveMarriageOpinionAdviceExpectationsSettingSettingsOccasionsResolutionConsentAdviseSanctionsVoyagesRefrainObtainingHopes And Expectations Book:Writings Source: Writings