Almost Quote by George Will

Dependency is death to initiative, to risk-taking and opportunity. It's time to stop the spread of government dependency and fight it like the poison…

— Mitt Romney

Democrats believe, plausibly, that middle-class entitlements are instantly addictive and, because there is no known detoxification, that class, when facing future choices between trimming…

— George Will

If you understand liberals at all, you know that they'll never agree to market-based solutions for ideological reasons and because an expanding dependency class…

— David Limbaugh

Anyone who doesn't think the welfare-industrial complex is trying to increase dependency isn't paying attention.

— Howie Carr

“Certain leaders and politicians intentionally maintain conditions of poverty and hardship to secure their own power. Instead of implementing lasting solutions, they exploit people’s…

— De philosopher DJ Kyos

I was particularly talking with respect to aid, because that to me is one area that can make people so dependent, and unfortunately, that…

— Wangari Maathai

People from both political parties have long recognized that welfare without work creates negative incentives that lead to permanent poverty. It robs people of…

— Mitt Romney

The Democrats generally recoil from the subject of entitlements.

— Bill Keller

“The typical poverty program creates dependency, robs people of dignity, stifles initiative, and can foster a “What have you done for me lately?” sense…

— Barry Asmus

The inevitable consequence of poverty is dependence.

— Samuel Johnson

Real Democrats don't abandon the middle class.

— John F. Kerry

Our pandering politicians compete to add names to the dependency of entitlement rolls instead of evaluating the success of these programs by how many…

— Ben Sasse