Until I was two, my mother supplemented her welfare payments by cleaning houses and waitressing. My father didn't help. — Lisa Brennan-Jobs Copy Share Image
The same government that requires a taxpaying citizen to document every statement on his tax return decrees that questioning a welfare applicant… — Ronald Reagan 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 cradle-to-grave welfare state diminishes individual initiative and can breed a pervasive sclerosis. — Jacob Weisberg Copy Share Image
America doesn't like to hear about things like welfare. 'Don't talk about that. We don't like what it did to people!' Yeah,… — Tracy Morgan Copy Share Image
We must have a welfare system that we can afford, which will mean giving greater attention to directing the welfare program toward… — Michael Portillo Copy Share Image
Do not talk to me of goodness, of abstract justice, of nature law. Necessity is the highest law, public welfare is the… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
It is imperative for our own safety and welfare and for the sake of the economy that we put COVID-19 behind us… — Kay Ivey Copy Share Image
No pains must be spared to wipe out all feeling of diffidence, embarrassment, or shame on the part of those receiving relief;… — Heber J. Grant Copy Share Image
Countries with high levels of atheism are . . . the most charitable both in terms of the percentage of their wealth… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
“You say, "There are men who have no money," and you apply the law. But the law is not a self-supplied fountain,… — Bastiat, Frederick Copy Share Image
Meekness is marked by silence in the face of abuse and infamy, by submission to God's way, which is higher than our… — V. Raymond Edman Copy Share Image
I've always believed as a value that the government has a vital - not overwhelming, but vital - role to play in… — Dick Gephardt Copy Share Image
Even if, as is generally the case, everything that the ad says about the product is scrupulously honest, or at any rate… — Michael Schudson Copy Share Image
Capitalism is based on self-interest and self-esteem; it holds integrity and trustworthiness as cardinal virtues and makes them pay off in the… — Alan Greenspan Copy Share Image
Our immigration policy is focussed in four areas: First, strengthening border control; second, protecting American jobs by enforcing laws against illegal immigrants… — William J. Clinton 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
Liberals cling to the idea that critics of welfare are motivated by greed or callous disregard for the less fortunate. In fact,… — Mona Charen Copy Share Image
By government giveaway programs, individuals are often hurt far more than they are helped. The recipients of these programs become dependent on… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
How can we give to the Lord? What shall we give to him? Every kind word to our own, every help given… — John Andreas Widtsoe Copy Share Image
Of course the welfare of our children is a legitimate state interest. However, limiting marriage to opposite-sex couples fails to further this… — Arenda L. Wright Allen Copy Share Image
Women while in college ought to have the broadest possible education. This college education should be the same as men's, not only… — M. Carey Thomas Copy Share Image
Still another danger is represented by those who, paying lip service to democracy and the common welfare, in their insatiable greed for… — Henry A. Wallace 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
It is necessary for the welfare of the nation that men's lives be based on the principles of the Bible. No man,… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
I definitely could not write a character that was cruel or unconcerned with animal welfare. For me, not just as a writer… — Lori Foster Copy Share Image
“You can dream on welfare. You can hope as you take in ironing. It is just less painful if you don't.” — Rick Bragg 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 quicker we humans learn that saving open space and wildlife is critical to our welfare and quality of life, maybe we'll… — Jim Fowler Copy Share Image
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
... in the present State of America, our welfare and prosperity depend upon the cultivation of our lands and turning the produce… — George Washington Copy Share Image
“Pray for the peace and security of your city (the welfare of that land determines your welfare) Jeremiah 29:7.” — Josephine Akhagbeme Copy Share Image
I do not undertake to promote welfare, for I propose to extend freedom. My aim is not to pass laws but to… — Barry Goldwater Copy Share Image
Rap makes the conservative argument about what happens when family life is eroded either by welfare and drugs, or by the stresses… — Shelby Steele Copy Share Image
I am satisfied with my achievements in terms of both development and welfare. I have not only lived up to most of… — N. Chandrababu Naidu Copy Share Image
Speaker Newt Gingrich says that what is wrong with the present system is not that people abuse welfare but that welfare abuses… — Daniel Schorr Copy Share Image
In fact there are beautiful people in this world doing incredibly selfless acts over and over and over. Dedicating their lives completely… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
I worked in the Senate in the 1970s. I worked for the Labor, Public Welfare Committee, and we had Ted Kennedy and… — Angus King 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
When individuals change, society will change. And when society changes, the whole world will change. The welfare of the individual is bound… — Sathya Sai Baba Copy Share Image