Whenever you observe an animal closely, you feel as if a human being sitting inside were making fun of you. — Elias Canetti Copy Share Image
The vast upheaval of the World War set in motion forces that will either destroy civilization or raise mankind to undreamed of… — Arthur Henderson Copy Share Image
How the American right managed to convince itself that the programs to alleviate poverty are responsible for the consequences of poverty will… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
Even if you aren't in doubt, consider the mental welfare of the person who has to maintain the code after you, and… — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
we come to realize that other people's welfare is just as important as our own. In helping them, we help ourselves. In… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
It is disgraceful to live as a stranger in one's country, and be an alien in any matter that affects our welfare. — Aldus Manutius Copy Share Image
I think there should be better child support laws to make it easier for those single moms to support their children so… — Gloria Allred Copy Share Image
The belief that we are defending the highest good of the mothers of our race and the ultimate welfare of society makes… — Carrie Chapman Catt Copy Share Image
To prevent government from becoming corrupt and tyrannous, its organization and methods should be as simple as possible, its functions be restricted… — Henry George Copy Share Image
“Divorce is a marital welfare. It's just couples asking society to bail them out because they didn't do enough research before they… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
A thin safety net, an expansive security state: This is the American way. At all levels of government, the country spends roughly… — Annie Lowrey Copy Share Image
People are tired of wasteful government programs and welfare chiselers, and they are angry about the constant spiral of taxes and government… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
It is important that when pursing our own self-interest we should be 'wise selfish' and not 'foolish selfish'. Being foolish selfish means… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In the moral calculus of currently prevailing state capitalism, profits and bonuses in the next quarter greatly outweigh concern for the welfare… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
To blame the poor for subsisting on welfare has no justice unless we are also willing to judge every rich member of… — Norman Mailer Copy Share Image
In the Washington soft money game, big business and big labor are accomplices working together to protect the mushy middle of big… — John McCain Copy Share Image
Comrades!' he cried. 'You do not imagine, I hope, that we pigs are doing this in a spirit of selfishness and privilege?… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
Individuals understood in relational terms cannot be conceived as fully separate from their communities. Others in one's community may already be a… — David Wong Copy Share Image
For us democracy is a question of human dignity. And human dignity is political freedom, the right to freely express opinion and… — Olof Palme Copy Share Image
Slavery is but half abolished, emancipation is but half completed, while millions of freemen with votes in their hands are left without… — Robert Charles Winthrop Copy Share Image
This is Democratic bedrock: we don't let people lie in the ditch and drive past and pretend not to see them dying.… — Garrison Keillor Copy Share Image
Because they claim to be concerned with the welfare of whole societies, governments arrogate to themselves the right to pass off as… — Michel Foucault Copy Share Image
“Take Steinem’s concern that if ‘sex work’ becomes the accepted terminology, states might require people to do it in order to access… — Laurie Penny Copy Share Image
To be proactive is to educate yourself and get the word out via social media, or through one of the many animal-welfare… — Katie Cleary Copy Share Image
Patriotism should be sought for and will be found in right living. No man can be a good Latter-day Saint and not… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
We have to shift our understanding of ourselves as separate individuals, each seeking our own welfare, to an understanding of how we… — Robert E. Ornstein Copy Share Image
The possibility of endangering Nevadans will never happen under my watch. I will do everything I can to protect the safety and… — John Ensign Copy Share Image
we're focusing too much energy on the symptom rather than the disease: Our real enemy is poverty, not welfare. — Cathy McMorris Rodgers Copy Share Image
Anyone who doesn't think the welfare-industrial complex is trying to increase dependency isn't paying attention. — Howie Carr Copy Share Image
Being a mother is a noble status, right? Right. So why does it change when you put 'unwed' or 'welfare' in front… — Florynce Kennedy Copy Share Image
The policies advocated by the welfare school remove the incentive to saving on the part of private citizens. — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
But the general welfare must restrict and regulate the exertions of the individuals, as the individuals must derive a supply of their… — Friedrich List Copy Share Image
I mean, she's giving and caring and genuinely concerned about the welfare of others. I can't be with someone like that. — Jerry Seinfeld Copy Share Image
To establish justice and to promote the general welfare, America does not need the abortion license. — Robert Casey Copy Share Image
I am a little discouraged and irritated at the welfare recipient families growing in size all the time. Those of us who… — Hilmar Moore Copy Share Image
“Disabled people are now having to beg for small payments that once were held up as entitlements, and a way of making… — Mik Scarlet Copy Share Image
Only a system of state-controlled schools can be free to teach whatever the welfare of the State may demand. — Ellwood Patterson Cubberley Copy Share Image
Given the difficulty of resisting such temptations over the longer run, a proper concern for the welfare of congressional souls may well… — James L. Buckley Copy Share Image
Ah, my friend, that is the only true church organization, when heads and hearts unite in working for the welfare of the… — Lydia M. Child Copy Share Image
In climbing, having confidence in your partners is no small concern. One climber's actions can affect the welfare of the entire team. — Jon Krakauer Copy Share Image
