Welfare Quotes

817 Welfare quotes by 578 unique authors

...the case for individual freedom rests largely on the recognition of the inevitable and universal ignorance of all of us concerning a great many of… — Friedrich August von Hayek
With respect to the words "general welfare," I have always regarded them as qualified by the detail of powers connected with them. To take them… — James Madison
The difference between a welfare state and a totalitarian state is a matter of time. — Ayn Rand
It is true that the welfare-statists are not socialists, that they never advocated or intended the socialization of private property, that they want to 'preserve'… — Ayn Rand
And here we encounter the seeds of government disaster and collapse - the kind that wrecked ancient Rome and every other civilization that allowed a… — Barry Goldwater
Freedom is not empowerment. Empowerment is what the Serbs have in Bosnia. Anybody can grab a gun and be empowered. It's not entitlement. An entitlement… — P.J. O'Rourke
The welfare state is the oldest con game in the world. First you take people's money away quietly, and then you give some of it… — Thomas Sowell
Somehow, the fact that more poor people are on welfare, receiving more generous payments, does not seem to have made this country a nice place… — Irving Kristol
Have you ever noticed how statists are constantly "reforming" their own handiwork? Education reform. Health-care reform. Welfare reform. Tax reform. The very fact that they're… — Lawrence Reed
Science would be ruined if (like sports) it were to put competition above everything else, and if it were to clarify the rules of competition… — Benoit Mandelbrot
With the goodness of God to desire our highest welfare, the wisdom of God to plan it, and the power of God to achieve it,… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
Most poor people are not on welfare. . . I know they work. I'm a witness. They catch the early bus. They work every day.… — Jesse Jackson
The effect of violent dislike between groups has always created an indifference to the welfare and honor of the state. — Thomas B. Macaulay
Every church that has a standard higher than human welfare is dangerous. — Robert Green Ingersoll
The commander must be at constant pains to keep his troops abreast of all the latest tactical experience and developments, and must insist on their… — Erwin Rommel
Many business leaders today view their jobs as entailing responsibility for the welfare of the wider community. These individuals do not define themselves as profit-making… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
The test of a democracy is not the magnificence of buildings or the speed of automobiles or the efficiency of air transportation, but rather the… — Helen Keller
Too many people feel that where you start out dictates where you should end up. I was on welfare and just shy of 19 when… — Gwen Moore
The Americans, on the contrary, are fond of explaining almost all the actions of their lives by the principle of interest rightly understood; they show… — Alexis de Tocqueville
The middle way is still driving on the wrong side of the road; it still permits the killing of the fox for pleasure. One cannot… — Lyndon Harrison, Baron Harrison
The reason welfare is bad is not because it costs too much, nor because it "undermines the work ethic," but because it is intrinsically at… — Charles A. Murray
If a child is given love, he becomes loving ... If he's helped when he needs help, he becomes helpful. And if he has been… — Joyce Brothers
The shower of answers to your prayers will continue to your dying hour. Nor will it cease then. When you pass out from beneath the… — Ole Hallesby
Any demanding high technology tends to develop influential and dedicated constituencies of those who link its commercial success with both the public welfare and their… — Amory Lovins
It seems that wherever the Welfare State is involved, the moral precept, "Thou shalt not steal," becomes altered to say: "Thou shalt not steal, except… — F. A. Harper

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