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> [The preamble to the Constitution states: "We, the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-j-o-rourke/the-preamble-to-the-constitution-states-we-the-people-of-the-united/)

[P. J. O'Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-j-o-rourke/)

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> [It just struck me as obvious that a state has the right to restrict its welfare benefits only to those people who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kris-kobach/it-just-struck-me-as-obvious-that-a-state-has-the-right-to-restrict/)

[Kris Kobach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kris-kobach/)

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> [The 1996 welfare reform law, for the first time, connected welfare benefits with an expectation that recipients would work or participate in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-boustany/the-1996-welfare-reform-law-for-the-first-time-connected-welfare/)

[Charles Boustany](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-boustany/)

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> [ There are some benefits \[that illegal aliens\] clearly ought not have...\[including\] health benefits and welfare benefits and others that serve as a… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-cisneros/there-are-some-benefits-that-illegal-aliens-clearly-ought-not-have/)

[Henry Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-cisneros/)

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> [“The irony is that only by a particularly narrow definition does a Walmart job get you off welfare - as a matter…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-briggs/the-irony-is-that-only-by-a-particularly-narrow-definition-does-a/)

[Laura Briggs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-briggs/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f56/laura-briggs-62865_food-stamps_the-irony-is-that-only-by-a-particularly_2805568.jpg)

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