Welfare Quotes

817 Welfare quotes by 578 unique authors

If what I read doesn't reflect my life - whether I'm gay or Latino or on welfare - doesn't that really mean that my life… — Walter Dean Myers
Every time you cut programs, you take away a person who has a vested interest in high taxes and you put him on the tax… — Grover Norquist
If the people cannot trust their government to do the job for which it exists - to protect them and to promote their common welfare… — Barack Obama
Unlike my opponent, I will not let oil companies write this country's energy plan, or endanger our coastlines, or collect another $4 billion in corporate… — Barack Obama
You cannot tackle Britain's debts without tackling the unreformed welfare system. — George Osborne
Our foremost priority is the removal of poverty, hunger and malnutrition, disease and illiteracy. All social welfare programmes must be implemented efficiently. Agencies involved in… — Pratibha Patil
The police are the public and the public are the police; the police being only members of the public who are paid to give full… — Robert Peel
Mitt Romney has won the 2012 presidential nomination by promising Republicans that he would end a so-called 'culture of dependency' on welfare - welfare defined… — Christine Pelosi
Yet, while producing increasingly selfish people, the mantra of the Left, and therefore of the universities and the media, has been for generations that capitalism… — Dennis Prager
In various European countries, it is increasingly common for young men to live with their parents into their 30s and even longer. Why not? In… — Dennis Prager
Welfare's purpose should be to eliminate, as far as possible, the need for its own existence. — Ronald Reagan
We should measure welfare's success by how many people leave welfare, not by how many are added. — Ronald Reagan
Unemployment insurance is a pre-paid vacation for freeloaders. — Ronald Reagan
People from both political parties have long recognized that welfare without work creates negative incentives that lead to permanent poverty. It robs people of self-esteem. — Mitt Romney
The first requisite of a good citizen in this republic of ours is that he shall be able and willing to pull his own weight. — Theodore Roosevelt
I call crony capitalism, where you take money from successful small businesses, spend it in Washington on favored industries, on favored individuals, picking winners and… — Paul Ryan
The stimulus was a case of political patronage, corporate welfare, and cronyism at their worst. — Paul Ryan
Jews know this in their bones. Our community could not exist for a day without its volunteers. They are the lifeblood of our organizations, whether… — Jonathan Sacks
The issue I highlight in the book is welfare reform. — Robert Scheer
Studies show that people that are on welfare are higher users of drugs than people not on welfare. — Rick Scott
Fiscally, I'm very conservative. I don't believe in welfare states. I believe in giving people jobs. — Gene Simmons
Contrary to what President Obama said in his inaugural address, going on Medicare and food stamps does not strengthen us. Just ask people who are… — Mark Skousen
The fundamental flaw in Social Security and Medicare is that they violate the 'welfare principle' in economics. The welfare principle forms the fundamental basis of… — Mark Skousen
This administration and these folk who run Washington are no more interested in our welfare and our well being than the man on the moon.… — Tavis Smiley
After years of piecemeal reform the current welfare system is complex and unfair. — Iain Duncan Smith

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