--- title: "10 Social Services Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 10 Social Services quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Social Services sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ab/susan-jacoby-10682_business_the-government-should-not-be-in-the-busi_878260.jpg" --- > [The government should not be in the business of funneling money for social services through any faith-based organization](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-jacoby/the-government-should-not-be-in-the-business-of-funneling-money-for/) [Susan Jacoby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-jacoby/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ab/susan-jacoby-10682_business_the-government-should-not-be-in-the-busi_878260.jpg) > [We don't necessarily hear about the fantastic things social services do, because it doesn't make very good drama.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-lancashire/we-don-t-necessarily-hear-about-the-fantastic-things-social-services/) [Sarah Lancashire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-lancashire/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4b/sarah-lancashire-5243_drama_we-don-t-necessarily-hear-about-the-fant_1710018.png) > [I grew up on Section 8 housing, food stamps, welfare, and dealing with social services. I never had a Christmas. I never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/logic/i-grew-up-on-section-8-housing-food-stamps-welfare-and-dealing-with/) [Logic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/logic/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d40/logic-5221_birthday_i-grew-up-on-section-8-housing-food-stam_1973017.jpg) > [People don't want charities to usurp the state as the core provider of social services.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoff-mulgan/people-don-t-want-charities-to-usurp-the-state-as-the-core-provider/) [Geoff Mulgan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoff-mulgan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3bf/geoff-mulgan-7252_charities_people-don-t-want-charities-to-usurp-the_2708793.jpg) > [What is lacking in India are decent social services. The health service is a disaster. Education is a disaster.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esther-duflo/what-is-lacking-in-india-are-decent-social-services-the-health/) [Esther Duflo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/esther-duflo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/99f/esther-duflo-36137_decent_what-is-lacking-in-india-are-decent-soci_1213120.png) > [And were in the middle of a perfect storm. These days, government social services are being bad-mouthed and defunded. The non-profit world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arlie-russell-hochschild/and-were-in-the-middle-of-a-perfect-storm-these-days-government/) [Arlie Russell Hochschild](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arlie-russell-hochschild/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d6/arlie-russell-hochschild-9284_anxious_and-were-in-the-middle-of-a-perfect-stor_1876827.jpg) > [How long will it be necessary to pay City men so entirely out of proportion to what other servants of society commonly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-maynard-keynes/how-long-will-it-be-necessary-to-pay-city-men-so-entirely-out-of/) [John Maynard Keynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-maynard-keynes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e25/john-maynard-keynes-1380_cities_how-long-will-it-be-necessary-to-pay-cit_1541794.png) > [The police should be addressing car break-ins and burglaries and things like that. And increasingly what they're doing is providing social services.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-wheeler/the-police-should-be-addressing-car-break-ins-and-burglaries-and/) [Ted Wheeler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-wheeler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4c/ted-wheeler-5816_car_the-police-should-be-addressing-car-brea_3049382.jpg) > [Economic growth is very important, but it is not the only thing, and it must be accompanied by sharing with those who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angus-deaton/economic-growth-is-very-important-but-it-is-not-the-only-thing-and-it/) [Angus Deaton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angus-deaton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ddb/angus-deaton-5260_economic-growth_economic-growth-is-very-important-but-it_1586527.jpg) > [ In some instances even certain social services that normally were supplied, or pre-empted by the state. Take the United States, the \[Ronald\]… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/murray-bookchin/in-some-instances-even-certain-social-services-that-normally-were/) [Murray Bookchin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/murray-bookchin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8dc/murray-bookchin-2587_administration_in-some-instances-even-certain-social-se_768172.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/social-services/#itemlist", "name": "Social Services Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The government should not be in the business of funneling money for social services through any faith-based organization", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Susan Jacoby" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-jacoby/the-government-should-not-be-in-the-business-of-funneling-money-for/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ab/susan-jacoby-10682_business_the-government-should-not-be-in-the-busi_878260.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ab/susan-jacoby-10682_business_the-government-should-not-be-in-the-busi_878260.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ab/susan-jacoby-10682_business_the-government-should-not-be-in-the-busi_878260.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The government should not be in the business of funneling money for social services through any faith-based…” — Susan Jacoby", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We don't necessarily hear about the fantastic things social services do, because it doesn't make very good drama.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sarah Lancashire" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-lancashire/we-don-t-necessarily-hear-about-the-fantastic-things-social-services/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4b/sarah-lancashire-5243_drama_we-don-t-necessarily-hear-about-the-fant_1710018.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4b/sarah-lancashire-5243_drama_we-don-t-necessarily-hear-about-the-fant_1710018.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4b/sarah-lancashire-5243_drama_we-don-t-necessarily-hear-about-the-fant_1710018.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We don't necessarily hear about the fantastic things social services do, because it doesn't make very good…” — Sarah Lancashire", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I grew up on Section 8 housing, food stamps, welfare, and dealing with social services. 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Take the United States, the [Ronald] Reagan administration is withdrawing assistance, all kinds of welfare programs, and if people don't improvise their own resources to cope with problems of the ageing, problems of the sick, problems of the young, problems of the poor, problems of tenant rights, who will?", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Murray Bookchin" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/murray-bookchin/in-some-instances-even-certain-social-services-that-normally-were/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8dc/murray-bookchin-2587_administration_in-some-instances-even-certain-social-se_768172.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8dc/murray-bookchin-2587_administration_in-some-instances-even-certain-social-se_768172.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8dc/murray-bookchin-2587_administration_in-some-instances-even-certain-social-se_768172.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“In some instances even certain social services that normally were supplied, or pre-empted by the state. 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