Best Welfare State Sayings
62 Welfare State quotes by 48 unique authors
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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
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[There] are people who make a complete and utter mockery of 'democracy' and 'equality' - they're the casualties of the primitive rules of competition which…
— Michael Palin
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A well-designed welfare state can actually encourage people to take chances with their jobs and be more, not less, open to changes.
— Ha-Joon Chang
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There are few genuine conservatives within the U.S. political system, and it is a sign of the intellectual corruption of the age that the honorable…
— Noam Chomsky
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Before the nineteen-seventies, most Republicans in Washington accepted the institutions of the welfare state, and most Democrats agreed with the logic of the Cold War.…
— George Packer
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Healthcare is the cornerstone of the socialist state. It is the crown jewel of the welfare state.
— Monica Crowley
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Socialism is the gradual and less violent form of communism, and socialist is the project of the European Union, which was born in Maastricht in…
— Vladimir Bukovsky
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The greatest obstacle to the welfare state is not greed but private charity that makes the welfare state irrelevant; the greatest obstacle to re-education of…
— Ben Shapiro
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There was no welfare state, and people had to rely mainly on the Poor Law - that was all the state provided. It was very…
— Barbara Castle
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Over time, the welfare state has become dysfunctional in a surprising way. But in a way it became a victim of its own success: It…
— Niall Ferguson
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There's no conflict between the social-welfare state and open markets.
— Gerhard Schroder
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The principles are clear and explicit. The free market is fine for the third world and its growing counterpart at home. Mothers with dependent children…
— Avram Noam Chomsky
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