“The new black conservatives claim that transfer payments to the black needy engender a mentality of dependence which undercuts the value of… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
The future of Norway isn’t about competing on being the cheapest but the most innovative. We have an expensive welfare state and… — Erna Solberg Copy Share Image
In the last thirty years we have gained enormous amount of freedom (everywhere, except perhaps in places like Burma or North Korea),… — Zygmunt Bauman Copy Share Image
Personal accountability and responsibility is dying. Long live the Democrat welfare state. — Neal Boortz Copy Share Image
Contrary to what many people believe, the welfare state was originally a 'rightwing' invention. It was the arch-conservative Otton von Bismarck who… — Ha-Joon Chang Copy Share Image
Our expensive welfare state is fueled by the destructive notion that 'greed' is when you want to keep your own money but… — Lawrence Reed Copy Share Image
The difference between a welfare state and a totalitarian state is a matter of time. — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“Still, there is space for this secular movement that has become frustrated with the liberal experience. In my opinion, there is a… — Samir Kassir Copy Share Image
The welfare state that is built upon this conception seems to prove precisely away from the conservative conception of authoritative and personal… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
We live in a welfare state society - one that is already bloated and overburdened. We cannot continue to absorb and support… — Charlie Kirk Copy Share Image
In 2010, the excesses of the social welfare state are well known and understood to all Americans except the liberal wing of… — Margaret Hoover Copy Share Image
“Ever since 1945 the federal government has held and indeed increased its importance as the first customer of the American economy. Government… — John Morris Roberts Copy Share Image
In the 1880s, people all over the world looked to America for inspiration. Its very existence was proof that it was possible… — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
“The communist world, it may be noted, has one big myth (which we call an illusion, in the vain hope that our… — Carl Gustav Jung Copy Share Image
Not since the days of slavery have there been so many people who feel entitled to what other people have produced as… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
The ‘Great Society’ has not worked and it’s put us into the modern welfare state. If you look at China, they don’t… — Michele Bachmann Copy Share Image
Thatcher had broken the miners' union, all but crushed the Labour Party, dramatically cut back the welfare state, even flirted with a… — Jon Weisman Copy Share Image
“Well, it's true that the anarchist vision in just about all its varieties has looked forward to dismantling state power―and personally I… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
There is no difference in principle, ... between the economic philosophy of Nazism, socialism, communism, and fascism and that of the American… — Jacob G. Hornberger Copy Share Image
“In many respects, Barack Obama’s neo-socialism is neoconservatism’s mirror image. Openly committed to ending the Reagan era, Obama is a firm believer… — Jonah Goldberg Copy Share Image
Those on the left who scream about income gaps choose to focus on the success of those at the top rather than… — Star Parker Copy Share Image
“The conservative revolution that Reagan helped usher in gained traction because Reagan's central insight - that the liberal welfare state had grown… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
There are few genuine conservatives within the U.S. political system, and it is a sign of the intellectual corruption of the age… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The greatest obstacle to the welfare state is not greed but private charity that makes the welfare state irrelevant; the greatest obstacle… — Ben Shapiro Copy Share Image
American critics of welfare statism are often surprised to learn that countries like West Germany, with a much more comprehensive welfare state… — Robert Kuttner Copy Share Image