Attention Quote by Howie Carr

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

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

Dependency arguments often come from elites - either aid agencies or governments - and say something about attitudes to poor people.

— Paul Harvey

“The unhealthiness of Dependistan underlines the real problem with the modern welfare state: it's not that it's a waste of money but that it's…

— Mark Steyn

It's hard to ignore the hand that feeds you, and today our communities are far more needy than they've ever been, and governments neither…

— Kenneth Cole

The way the [welfare] programs are organized, poor people are only paid to do things that are counter-productive - such as breaking up their…

— Thomas Sowell

This resounding cry of 'welfare to work' enrages me because something like 75% or 80% of people who are on government assistance are already working.

— Stephanie Land

I believe welfare makes you lazy and unproductive.

— Charles Evers

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

— Charles Evers

It is incumbent upon every person of every description to contribute to his country's welfare.

— George Washington

I'm not saying that people on welfare don't contribute in their own way, but as many as possible should be encouraged to be economically…

— Tony Abbott

Welfare is ... the victim of national compassion fatigue.

— Ellen Goodman