Age Quote by David Gauke

There is a basic state pension to which we are all entitled at a certain age, but on top of that we encourage everyone…

— Damian Green

Many old people receive pensions for no other reason, it seems to me, but as a compensation for having lived a long time ago.

— Henry David Thoreau

A generous basic state pension is the least a civilized society should offer those who have worked hard and saved through their whole lives.

— George Osborne

My view is pensioners don't have the one option that people of working age have. They can't really increase their income, because they are…

— Iain Duncan Smith

You need to have a state pension that doesn't drag more and more people into means-testing each year and make it very difficult for…

— George Osborne

One thing which frustrates me about state pensions is the disparity between EU countries.

— Geoff Capes

“Pensions are aimed at the dead. Work hard for retirement! It never comes for many due to fatal illnesses and diseases.”

— Steven Magee

We have management questions. On increasing the basic state pension in line with earnings, because we have made a clear promise and said that…

— George Osborne

Well, today people have to be self-reliant if they want a secure retirement income.

— Anonymous

The retirement age needs to be raised. A portion of Social Security ought to be privatized, if not all. And there probably needs to…

— Gary Johnson

The basic idea of retirement income is, to me, to get a check, two checks every month, one from your fixed income and one…

— John C. Bogle

A pension is nothing more than deferred compensation.

— Elizabeth Warren