Slavery can only be abolished by raising the character of the people who compose the nation; and that can be done only by showing them a higher one.
Maria W. Chapman

So you keep raising these taxes, and all of a sudden the business community says, 'Why are we here? We can go someplace else and use their phones.' That's one of the problems that directly affects the business community.
Richard M. Daley

Start early and begin raising the bar throughout the day.
Bruce Jenner

Teachers make a difference, and we would serve our students better by focusing on attracting and retaining the quality teachers by raising teacher pay.
Jeb Bush

That kind of piece, perhaps most recognizable because of Yoko Ono's similar work, built a bridge between performance art and music - and without raising any awkward social issues.
Tony Conrad

The advantage to Great Britain of a regular free trade in corn would, therefore, be more by raising the rest of the world to our standard and price, than by lowering the prices here to the standard of the Continent.
Joseph Hume

The big hurdle is going out and raising the revenue. There's no doubt about that; it's an uphill battle.
Terry Porter

The first and continuing argument for the curtailment of working hours and the raising of the minimum age was that education was necessary in a democracy and working children could not attend school.
Grace Abbott

The liberal groups spent months raising money so they could take down anyone President Bush nominated. But they have not been able to touch judge Roberts.
Michael Oxley

The need for raising the awareness of this shameful chapter in U.S. history is more apparent than ever.
Michael M. Honda

The new rule of thumb is that 80% of a president's time must be spent in raising funds for their schools.
James E. Rogers

The person who knows one thing and does it better than anyone else, even if it only be the art of raising lentils, receives the crown he merits. If he raises all his energy to that end, he is a benefactor of mankind and its rewarded as such.
Og Mandino

The point at which we worked with some of these actors, they weren't really stars yet. Nicolas Cage was not a big star when we did Raising Arizona. A lot of these people were also virtually unknown, too, when we worked with them first.
Joel Coen

The quality of life is so different in France. There is the possibility of living a simple life. I would never contemplate raising my daughter in LA. I would never raise any child there.
Johnny Depp

The rubber industry is of much significance to our countries. For millions of our smallholders, the rubber tree is a tree of life, serving as a crucial source of income for earning a living and raising families.
Thaksin Shinawatra

The truth of the matter is I stayed in L.A. raising my children, and when they went to college, I packed my bags along with them and came to New York and looked for parts in the theatre, because that's always what I preferred doing.
Andrea Martin

There is much more to being a patriot and a citizen than reciting the pledge or raising a flag.
Jesse Ventura

They have just succeeded in raising the two thousand pounds here, by subscription, that was wanted towards an exploration fund, for fitting out an expedition, that will probably start for the interior of our continent next March.
William John Wills

They're really nice kids. Michael is really raising them properly and right.
Joseph Jackson

This is the culture you're raising your kids in. Don't be surprised if it blows up in your face.
Marilyn Manson