Advocating Quote by P. J. O'Rourke

There is no virtue in compulsory government charity, and there is no virtue in advocating it. A politician who portrays himself as "caring" and…

— Anonymous

A politician who commends himself as 'caring' and 'sensitive' because he wants to expand the government's charitable programs is merely saying that he's willing…

— P. J. O'Rourke

Charity is a cold grey loveless thing. If a rich man wants to help the poor, he should pay his taxes gladly, not dole…

— Clement Attlee

“Charity is salt in the wound. It is painful. The state gives charity with the bitter hatred of a victim to his blackmailer. The…

— Mario Puzo

Taxation is not charity. It is not voluntary. As we shrink the state and make government smaller, we will find that more and more…

— Grover Norquist

charity is a calm, severe duty; it must be intellectual, to be advantageous. It is a strange mistake that it should ever be considered…

— Letitia Elizabeth Landon

Charity is a very labour-intensive virtue.

— Garth Nix

Government charity gives the most to those who refuse to help themselves; private charity gives less.

— James Cook

It is justice, not charity, that is wanting in the world.

— Mary Wollstonecraft

Who can begrudge the generosity of the wealthy, you might say. Wherever you stand on the concentration of wealth and power in the hands…

— Owen Jones

Charity is commendable; everyone should be charitable. But justice aims to create a social order in which, if individuals choose not to be charitable,…

— Bill Moyers

Charity is no substitute for justice. If we never challenge a social order that allows some to accumulate wealth--even if they decide to help…

— Michael Eric Dyson