Dangerous Quote by Charles A. Murray

A tax can never be favorable to the public welfare, except by the good use that is made of its proceeds.

— Jean-Baptiste Say

Welfare is hated by those who administer it, mistrusted by those who pay for it and held in contempt by those who receive it.

— Peter C Goldmark Jr

It is not the opinions or the vices of private individuals that are harmful to the State, but rather the behavior of public figures.

— Marquis de Sade

Throughout history, politicians have used other people's property to buy themselves power. That is the primary achievement of the welfare state.

— James Bovard

The history of the welfare state is the history of public enterprise pushing out private organization. The impact was largely unintentional, but natural and…

— Doug Bandow

The biggest and most deadly 'tax' rate on the poor comes from a loss of various welfare state benefits - food stamps, housing subsidies…

— Thomas Sowell

It is immoral to use private property in order to alleviate the horrible evils that result from the institutions of private property.

— Oscar Wilde

History has shown that a government's redistribution of shrinking wealth, in preference to a private sector's creation of new sources of it, can prove…

— Victor Davis Hanson

History has shown us many times that if the state repressively forces the redistribution of wealth and social justice, it becomes dangerous both for…

— Rohini Nilekani

“It is immoral to use private property in order to alleviate the horrible evils that result from the institution of private property. ”

— Oscar Wilde

The tyranny of a prince in an oligarchy is not so dangerous to the public welfare as the apathy of a citizen in a…

— Anonymous

The greatest crime of welfare isn't that it's a waste of money, but that it's a waste of people.

— Mark Steyn