Democrats are firm believers in the welfare state for their own constituents, whether that's a crack addict mother of five or a… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
A welfare state, properly conceived, can be an integral part of a conservative society. — Irving Kristol 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
The cradle-to-grave welfare state diminishes individual initiative and can breed a pervasive sclerosis. — Jacob Weisberg 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 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
The welfare state is the oldest con game in the world. First you take people's money away quietly, and then you give… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
The Tories have built a system defined by insecurity - from wages to job contracts to housing to the welfare state. If… — Owen Jones Copy Share Image
“The same was true of Charles Murray’s seminal Losing Ground, another book about black folks that could have been written about hillbillies—which… — J.D. Vance Copy Share Image
Free immigration is wonderful, it is fabulous. But when you have a welfare state, and a part of society is paying for… — Javier Milei Copy Share Image
Today's citizen is obliged to find his freedom only in the narrow ruts pre-approved by his bureaucratic overlords. "Risk-free liberty" is the… — James Bovard Copy Share Image
“P4- no amount of dollars can remove the inherent destructiveness off welfare institutions once the professional hierarchies off these have convinced society… — Ivan Illich Copy Share Image
Libertarians know that a free country has nothing to fear from anyone coming in or going out - while a welfare state… — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
The stark truth is that as long as the welfare state makes it possible for young women - or teenage girls -… — David Boaz 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
“The entry of government into social insurance and then into a broader range of social interventions has caused incalculable human suffering. It… — Charles Murray Copy Share Image
“You cannot simultaneously have free immigration and a welfare state. ... I am in favor of the unilateral reduction of tariffs, but… — Milton Friedman 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
“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
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
Doing good with other people's money has two basic flaws. In the first place, you never spend anybody else's money as carefully… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
I am indebted to the British welfare state; the very one that Mr Cameron would like to replace with charity handouts. When… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
General welfare is a general condition - maybe sound currency is general welfare, maybe markets, maybe judicial system, maybe a national defense,… — Ron Paul 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
“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
“Suddenly, in the space of a moment, I realized what it was that I loved about Britain - which is to say,… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
“But one of the main reasons why Denmark does so well in international happiness surveys is the welfare state, as it reduces… — Meik Wiking Copy Share Image
“This was never about welfare. You can have almost any opinion about welfare, you can be bitterly opposed to its very existence,… — Matt Taibbi 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
“In a study Suzanne Mettler asked 1,400 Americans whether they had used a government social program. Fifty-seven percent said they had not.… — Anu Partanen 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
Canada is a Northern European welfare state in the worst sense of the term, and very proud of it — Stephen Harper Copy Share Image
The welfare state is an enemy of private property. The excessive taxation used to support the welfare state is extremely dangerous. — Charles A. Murray Copy Share Image
Personal accountability and responsibility is dying. Long live the Democrat welfare state. — Neal Boortz Copy Share Image
The black family survived centuries of slavery and generations of Jim Crow, but it has disintegrated in the wake of the liberals'… — Thomas Sowell 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 is merely a method for transforming the market economy step by step into socialism. — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
A welfare state is frightened of every poor person who tries to get in and every rich person who tries to get… — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
Is there any possibility of getting the super Welfare State's honey and avoiding the sting? — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
