The welfare state has always been judged by its good intentions, rather than its bad results. — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
We must recognize that personal freedoms diminish as the welfare state grows. The price of more and more public programs is less… — Caspar Weinberger Copy Share Image
“Moreover, it was social democracy and the welfare state that bound the professional and commercial middle classes to liberal institutions in the… — Tony Judt Copy Share Image
As the welfare state is hollowed out, a culture of compassion is replaced by a culture of violence, cruelty and disposability. — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
I'm not going to be known as the Sinn Fein Minister who did the bidding of a Tory administration which is focused… — Martin McGuinness 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
“We are living now in what is known as the Welfare State, which means – broadly – that everybody is completely destitute.” — P.G. Wodehouse Copy Share Image
There are people who believe in expanding the welfare state across the spectrum of races and ethnicities and creeds. — Jeb Bush 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
I think the state should be as small as possible and only there to pick up where people need help, such as… — Heidi Allen Copy Share Image
Over time, the welfare state has become dysfunctional in a surprising way. But in a way it became a victim of its… — Niall Ferguson Copy Share Image
What we’re putting forward is the most radical reform of the welfare state… for 60 years. I think it will have a… — David Cameron Copy Share Image
We wanted to describe society from our Left point of view. Per had written political books, but they'd only sold 300 copies.… — Maj Sjowall Copy Share Image
There are no dead-end jobs. There are no dead-end jobs. There are only dead-end people. Our current social philosophy, and the welfare… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
In various European countries, it is increasingly common for young men to live with their parents into their 30s and even longer.… — Dennis Prager Copy Share Image
We are living in a highly organized state of socialism. The state is all; the individual is of importance only as he… — Bernard Baruch Copy Share Image
Before the nineteen-seventies, most Republicans in Washington accepted the institutions of the welfare state, and most Democrats agreed with the logic of… — George Packer 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
A masterly analysis of how political interests, economic circumstances, development strategies, and local history have shaped what are surprisingly different versions of… — Nancy Birdsall Copy Share Image
The biggest threat to the American people today lies with the United States government. ... [T]he long-term solution is to dismantle, not… — Jacob G. Hornberger Copy Share Image
The fact that refugees traveled through six other countries, like former Yugoslavia, Macedonia, Hungary, Austria, Switzerland, France, Germany, Holland, is because they… — Geert Wilders Copy Share Image
“For anyone born after 1945, the welfare state and its institutions were not a solution to earlier dilemmas: they were simply the… — Tony Judt Copy Share Image
The New Deal never rethought the draconian racist immigration restriction policies of the 20s, of course, but its electoral base rested significantly… — David Roediger Copy Share Image
What social safety net does is provide a glimmer of hope for what a democratic socialist society might look like. It makes… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
“This historic general election, which showed that the British are well able to distinguish between patriotism and Toryism, brought Clement Attlee to… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“But until you ask why there’s an increase in social disintegration, and why more and more resources are being directed towards the… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“[A] central theme is why social, political, and economic institutions tend to coevolve in a manner that reinforces rather than undermines one… — Torben Iversen Copy Share Image
“A category of government activity which, today, not only requires the closest scrutiny, but which also poses a grave danger to our… — Ezra Taft Benson 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
“Zach, it doesn't matter which talking heads the Republicrats put up as their candidates. Either way you're voting to maintain the status… — Marie Sexton Copy Share Image
“It is important to note that the Great Reversal preceded the rise of the welfare state in America. Lyndon Johnson’s War on… — Steve Corbett Copy Share Image
“how often do we forget that there is hope as well, and that we seldom think about hope? We are ready to… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
Healthcare is the cornerstone of the socialist state. It is the crown jewel of the welfare state. — Monica Crowley Copy Share Image
“Socialism is not the same as social democracy, the political system that created Sweden’s welfare state.” — Christina Johansson Robinowitz Copy Share Image
“The unhealthiness of Dependistan underlines the real problem with the modern welfare state: it's not that it's a waste of money but… — Mark Steyn Copy Share Image
Our upside down welfare state is socialism for the rich, free enterprise for the poor. — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
The cradle-to-grave welfare state diminishes individual initiative and can breed a pervasive sclerosis. — Jacob Weisberg Copy Share Image
The welfare state shields people from the consequences of their own mistakes, allowing irresponsibility to continue and to flourish among ever wider… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
The welfare state inhibits the maturation of its young citizens into responsible adults — Dennis Prager Copy Share Image
A welfare state, properly conceived, can be an integral part of a conservative society. — Irving Kristol Copy Share Image
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