Welfare Quotes

817 Welfare quotes by 578 unique authors

Government cannot do it all. As we work hard to break welfare dependency and get young people ready for the labour market, we need businesses… — Iain Duncan Smith
I do not believe the picture that some people paint of Scottish towns dependent on welfare. Every time I come here, I meet people who… — Iain Duncan Smith
What we want to do is reform the welfare system in the way that Tony Blair talked about 13 years ago but never achieved -… — Iain Duncan Smith
It is amazing that people who think we cannot afford to pay for doctors, hospitals, and medication somehow think that we can afford to pay… — Thomas Sowell
The welfare state is not really about the welfare of the masses. It is about the egos of the elites. — Thomas Sowell
The more people who are dependent on government handouts, the more votes the left can depend on for an ever-expanding welfare state. — Thomas Sowell
Mystical references to society and its programs to help may warm the hearts of the gullible but what it really means is putting more power… — Thomas Sowell
The black family survived centuries of slavery and generations of Jim Crow, but it has disintegrated in the wake of the liberals' expansion of the… — Thomas Sowell
The biggest and most deadly 'tax' rate on the poor comes from a loss of various welfare state benefits - food stamps, housing subsidies and… — Thomas Sowell
Legally speaking, the term 'public rights' is as vague and indefinite as are the terms 'public health,' 'public good,' 'public welfare,' and the like. It… — Lysander Spooner
Most women are one man away from welfare. — Gloria Steinem
Corporate welfare isn't necessarily a bad thing. — James Surowiecki
As the Republican platforms says, the welfare of the farmer is vital to that of the whole country. — William Howard Taft
The well-being and welfare of children should always be our focus. — Todd Tiahrt
After being on 'Oprah' for a couple of months, I got my first royalty check for $1,478,392.17. I will never forget it. At the height… — Iyanla Vanzant
I came from nothing. I came from the projects and welfare and ended up a millionaire with no frame of reference. I was bound to… — Iyanla Vanzant
This dullness of vision regarding the importance of the general welfare to the individual is the measure of the failure of our schools and churches… — Henry A. Wallace
My views on everything from welfare to a balanced budget to affirmative action can be traced to what Buddy and Helen Watts taught me as… — J C Watts
Where is love exchanged? Where is the love felt when a state administrator stuffs a welfare check into an outgoing mail? — Allen West
I'm not into animal rights. I'm only into animal welfare and health. I've been with the Morris Animal Foundation since the '70s. We're a health… — Betty White
The 1935 Social Security Act established 65 as the age of eligibility for payouts. But welfare state politics quickly becomes a bidding war, enriching the… — George Will
I was born and raised in the ghetto, on welfare, two minutes from homeless. — will.i.am
I was discriminated against because I was Jewish, Italian, black and Puerto Rican. But maybe the worst prejudice I experienced was against the poor. I… — Philip Zimbardo
I didn't get to college until my 20s, because I was a young father on welfare and had to take all kind of jobs to… — Michael Eric Dyson
I grew up in Detroit. I was a teen father. I lived on welfare for three years. I have a brother serving life in prison,… — Michael Eric Dyson

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