Stripped of its academic jargon, the welfare state is nothing more than a mechanism by which governments confiscate the wealth of the… — Alan Greenspan Copy Share Image
There are jobs that American citizens will not do. We can talk about why that is. We can talk about how our… — Mick Mulvaney Copy Share Image
The problem is that in America is that the nation state has been so weak when it comes to the history of… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
The State, of course, is absolutely indispensable to the preservation of law and order, and the promotion of peace and social cooperation.… — Henry Hazlitt Copy Share Image
“A widely quoted study from the Oxford Martin School predicts that technology threatens to replace 47 percent of all US jobs within… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The bigger the government, the less the citizens do for one another. If the state will take care of me and my… — Dennis Prager Copy Share Image
Socialism is the gradual and less violent form of communism, and socialist is the project of the European Union, which was born… — Vladimir Bukovsky Copy Share Image
The modern welfare state, highly touted as soaking the rich to subsidize the poor, does no such thing. In fact, soaking the… — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
“The Labour party on the whole has not been a very effective opposition since the election, partly because it spent months and… — Eric Hobsbawm Copy Share Image
This, by the way, is the welfare state in action: Its a whole bunch of special interest groups screwing consumers and taxpayers,… — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
The stabilizing influence of the modern social welfare state emerged only after World War II, nearly 200 years on from the 18th-century… — Moshe Vardi Copy Share Image
Socialists do not merely want a welfare state, they absolutely must have one. They must have a grovelling dependent class from which… — Edward Britton Copy Share Image
When economist William Beveridge dreamed up the postwar welfare state he wanted to fight five 'giant evils' - want, disease, ignorance, squalor… — Jeremy Kyle Copy Share Image
“Using coercion to drive charity is like using kidnapping to create love.” — Stefan Molyneux Copy Share Image
Bush has legitimized a huge expansion of the welfare state, liberalizing immigration, and using force for democratization abroad. All the next Democratic… — Andrew Sullivan Copy Share Image
You have the courage to tell the masses what no politician told them: you are inferior and all the improvements in your… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
The best performers in Europe are those who use their welfare states to help people adjust to change. — John Monks Copy Share Image
The history of the welfare state is the history of public enterprise pushing out private organization. The impact was largely unintentional, but… — Doug Bandow Copy Share Image
“The welfare state and its funding are at the center of current political debate in the United States. Today, the country is… — Werner Neff Copy Share Image
“Franklin D. Roosevelt became the architect of the American welfare state. However, Roosevelt was concerned that the institution he was fostering would… — Nima Sanandaji Copy Share Image
The welfare state is collapsing all around us. There are people that realize that we can't go on this way, but I'm… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Bahrainis are better off than many other Arabs. We have a welfare state, everybody gets a salary whether they have a job… — Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa Copy Share Image
A well-designed welfare state can actually encourage people to take chances with their jobs and be more, not less, open to changes. — Ha-Joon Chang Copy Share Image
The Welfare State, which begun in Imperial Germany for the truly indigent and disabled, has now become "everybody's entitlement" and an increasing… — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image