Today’s Labor Quote: Sugar Ray Leonard

​“I used to walk to the Washington Monument from North L Street Northwest. And I was so hungry at times, I would stop and look into the trash cans, and if there was a half a sandwich, I would take that sandwich and eat it. It was just a matter of survival. I didn't think much of it, but it was just the way things were.” 

Leonard is a former professional boxer, motivational speaker and sometime actor; the Washington Monument was completed on this date in 1884 (see History, below)

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