Army Quote by Henry Hazlitt

Once the premise is accepted that poverty is never the fault of the poor but the fault of 'society,' or of 'the capitalist system,…

— Henry Hazlitt

Eventually, the economy will work well when you reduce subsidies. People have got used to getting some handouts from governments.

— Subhash Chandra

By adopting programs to distribute substantial amounts of income, a nation guarantees that its government will become more powerful and invasive in other ways.

— Robert Higgs

We talk a lot in Congress about how we're going to encourage more development in renewables, and we put in place a subsidy that's…

— Lisa Murkowski

Aid should shift to investment. This will help countries stand on their own.

— Jacob Zuma

The ultimate objective of subsidies should be to empower the poor, to break the cycle of poverty, and become foot-soldiers in our war on…

— Narendra Modi

Subsidies have changed the way the nation behaves.

— James Cook

Here in the United States, we've seen the failure of mass programs of redistribution and the fiscal crises to which they give rise. And…

— Robert Sirico

Whether we like it or not, government intervention in the face of surplus is here to stay.

— Benjamin Graham

Aid can work where there is good governance, and usually fails where governments are unable or unwilling to commit aid to improve the lives…

— Lee H. Hamilton

Without new money, salaries won't be paid, the health system will stop functioning, the power network and public transport will break down, and they…

— Martin Schulz

Government relief tends constantly to get out of hand. And even when it is kept within reasonable bounds it tends to reduce the incentives…

— Henry Hazlitt