Dependency Quote by Gloria Steinem

Welfare makes you dependent upon someone to take care of you.

— Charles Evers

If a person goes to his job with a firm determination to give of himself the best of which he is capable, that job…

— Hortense Odlum

“The government gives us stuff but then when someone gets a job, they take it away, so everyone becomes afraid of work, not because…

— Amy Harmon

When have handouts ever worked? In the United States, we learned that welfare for our own citizens not only turned into a debilitating crutch,…

— Linda Chavez

For those who are able to work, work has to be seen as the best route out of poverty. For work is not just…

— Iain Duncan Smith

It is unacceptable that someone can work full time - and work hard - and not be able to lift themselves out of poverty.

— Sherrod Brown

I've had two callers ask, 'Did you ever work for someone who is poorer than you are?' Their idea is it takes a rich…

— John Hall

You don't need a hand-out, you need a hand-up! And that's what we need to portray: 'Look, do you want to live in mediocrity?…

— Rafael Cruz

Don't knock the rich. When did a poor person give you a job?

— Laurence J. Peter

You know, all work has dignity. I fundamentally believe that. So all paychecks must have dignity.

— John Fetterman

There is more to life than material well-being. Who would claim that the wholly wage-dependent family enjoys the dignity, the security, the range of…

— Louis O. Kelso

The people who do not get jobs are often the most vulnerable in our society, and joblessness is a terrible plight for anyone who…

— Tim Bishop