War & Peace Quote by Jodi Rell

“Good jobs that pay well and jobs that last” is politician-speak sharpened into a moral claim. Jodi Rell isn’t simply arguing for employment numbers; she’s defining economic policy as character policy. The phrase “continue to fight” casts government as an advocate in a long struggle, implying both persistence and an adversary (globalization, recession, political opponents) without naming one. It’s conflict language designed to make incremental policy sound like solidarity.

The real work happens in the pivot from wages to “dignity and pride.” That’s a deliberate reframing: jobs aren’t just income, they’re a pathway back into full citizenship. It flatters the listener’s self-conception (you don’t want handouts; you want respect) while also sidestepping thornier debates about the safety net. If dignity comes from work, then unemployment is not merely misfortune but an injury to personhood - and the cure is “getting folks back to work,” not necessarily expanding benefits. “Folks” is also doing quiet class-warmth, smoothing the edges of policy with everyday intimacy.

“Families care about” is the closing pressure point. It recruits a broadly sympathetic authority - the family - to make the argument feel obvious and nonpartisan. In context, this kind of language typically appears amid deindustrialization anxieties and post-recession politics, when “job creation” becomes a civic ritual line. Rell’s intent is to fuse economic stability with cultural stability: steady work equals steady households. The subtext is a promise of normalcy, delivered in the vocabulary of respect.