“the American West quietly became the first and most durable example of the modern welfare state. The” — Marc Reisner Copy Share Image
As long as there's this welfare state of ours we're not going to have any good fighters — Tommy Farr Copy Share Image
The original purpose of the welfare state was to lift people into self-sufficiency, not to create a permanent underclass dependent on taxpayers. — Stephen Moore 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
The more people who are dependent on government handouts, the more votes the left can depend on for an ever-expanding welfare state. — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Throughout history, politicians have used other people's property to buy themselves power. That is the primary achievement of the welfare state. — James Bovard Copy Share Image
To have created a Welfare State was a great achievement; but we must go on to create a Welfare Planet. — George Mikes Copy Share Image
It seems that wherever the Welfare State is involved, the moral precept, "Thou shalt not steal," becomes altered to say: "Thou shalt… — F. A. Harper 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
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
“the military has become a substitute welfare state for a large swath of small-town America. In a sense, the military—despite its reputation… — Rosa Brooks Copy Share Image
The biggest and most deadly 'tax' rate on the poor comes from a loss of various welfare state benefits - food stamps,… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
The welfare state, which grew out of post-war solidarity, has for decades been based on the principle that those who pay into… — Emily Thornberry Copy Share Image
There is a need to employ public memory, critical theory, and other intellectual archives and resources to expose the crimes of those… — Henry Giroux 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
When Congress votes for all sorts of benefits, without voting for enough taxes to pay for them, they get the support of… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
There are three ways in which a man becomes a slave. He may be born into slavery, or forced into it, or… — Fulton J. Sheen 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
“In reply to the argument that a little socialism is good so long as it doesn't go too far. It is tempting… — Ezra Taft Benson 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
“Detroit is an extreme example of the fact that public-sector employment has become in effect a supplementary welfare state, with salaries and… — Kevin D. Williamson Copy Share Image
The leadership knows that you cannot solve the issues of China's future with the means of the past. The demographic consequences of… — Ai Weiwei 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
“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
“Another blatant case of regress as part of the capitalist progress is the enormous rise of precarious work. Precarious work deprives workers… — Slavoj Žižek Copy Share Image
“It is ironic that Keynesianism originated as a weapon to combat depression, but became universally accepted and "successful" only during (and because… — André Gunder Frank 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 welfare states of western Europe were not politically divisive. They were socially re-distributive in general intent (some more than others) but… — Tony Judt Copy Share Image
“(Talking about the movement to deny the prevalence and effects of adult sexual exploitation of children) So what does this movement consist… — Beatrix Campbell Copy Share Image
Welfare states on both sides of the Atlantic have discovered that largesse to losers does not reduce their hostility to society, but… — Thomas Sowell 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
...free enterprise, [is] a term that refers, in practice, to a system of public subsidy and private profit, with massive government intervention… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Great Britain didn't just happen; the British people created this country through decades and centuries of hard work, fighting for democracy, the… — Julia Hartley-Brewer Copy Share Image
Socialism is a fundamentally different social system where the world's resources are not controlled by a greedy, undemocratic oligarchy. This is not… — Kshama Sawant Copy Share Image
Such terms as communism, socialism, Fabianism, the welfare state, Nazism, fascism, state interventionism, egalitarianism, the planned economy, the New Deal, the Fair… — Leonard Read 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 principles are clear and explicit. The free market is fine for the third world and its growing counterpart at home. Mothers… — Avram Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Northeastern conservatism is moderate, accepts the modern welfare state, and dislikes mixing religion with politics. Western conservatism is hawkish, hates government, and… — Jacob Weisberg Copy Share Image
The very welfare state the Occupy Wall Street protesters so eagerly applaud is what has saddled Greece with colossal debt and left… — Kayleigh McEnany Copy Share Image
The more the state gives to its citizens, the less they have to earn. That is the basic concept of the welfare… — Dennis Prager Copy Share Image
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