Welfare Quotes

817 Welfare quotes by 578 unique authors

Some of our newspapers and magazines are more concerned with the welfare of their advertisers than they are with the dissemination of news and the… — J. Paul Getty
Under international law, the responsibility for protecting civilians in conflict falls on the belligerents. Under military occupation, responsibility for the welfare of the population falls… — Kofi Annan
It is too early for politicians to presume on our forgetting that the public good, the real welfare of the great body of the people,… — James Madison
It's a mistake to think that poor people get the benefit from the welfare system. It's a total fraud. Most welfare go to the rich… — Ron Paul
Government is like fire. If it is kept within bounds and under the control of the people, it contributes to the welfare of all. But… — Harold Stassen
Today government touches everything in America and harms almost everything it touches. Federal, state, and local governments together spend 42 out of every 100 dollars… — Malcolm Wallop
I am glad that Congress has recently authorized $800,000 to State welfare agencies to expand their day-care services during the remainder of this fiscal year.… — John F. Kennedy
We bought an apartment building and were going to live off the rent money. We rented to people who were on welfare and a lot… — Dick York
The United States are a political state, or organized society, whose end is government, for the security, welfare, and happiness of all who live under… — William H. Seward
Religion did not exist for the saving of souls but for the preservation and welfare of society, and in all that was necessary to this… — William Robertson Smith
Crime, family dissolution, welfare, and low levels of social organization are fundamentally a consequence of the disappearance of work. — William Julius Wilson
To lay taxes to provide for the general welfare of the United States, that is to say, 'to lay taxes for the purpose of providing… — Thomas Jefferson
So it's a mistake for someone to think that they bailed New York out. They did assist us, for which we are grateful, but it's… — David Dinkins
If welfare and equality are to be primary aims of law, some people must necessarily possess a greater power of coercion in order to force… — Tibor R. Machan
The tax that was supposed to soak the rich has instead soaked America. The beneficiary of the income tax has not been the poor, but… — Paul Craig Roberts
Article I, Section 8, of the Constitution, of course, lays out the delegated, enumerated, and therefore limited powers of Congress. Only through a deliberate misreading… — Ed Crane
These men [medical doctors] plan ways of doubling their incomes and come to the public with the plea that they are sincerely interested in the… — Herbert M. Shelton
'Blessed are the poor in spirit, for they shall see God' suggested to me a heavenly welfare program for the meek. Today that saying reveals… — Huston Smith
Our kids were God's kids first... We tend to forget this fact, regarding our children as "our" children, as though we have the final say… — Max Lucado
There are many animal-welfare groups that sometimes seem to forget that human beings are animals too, that we need to include them in our sphere… — Jane Goodall
[T]he schools, through reliance upon the spur of competition and the bestowing of special honors and prizes, only build up and strengthen the disposition that… — John Dewey
Given the difficulty of resisting such temptations over the longer run, a proper concern for the welfare of congressional souls may well be the ultimate… — James L. Buckley
We will not cut one penny from the safety net until we've cut every penny from corporate welfare. — Rand Paul
I see nothing wrong ethically with the idea of correcting single gene defects through genetic engineering. But I am concerned about any other kind of… — Ian Wilmut
A journalist is the lookout on the bridge of the ship of state. He notes the passing sail, the little things of interest that dot… — Joseph Pulitzer

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