Back Quote by Ross Kemp

The welfare state, which grew out of post-war solidarity, has for decades been based on the principle that those who pay into the system…

— Emily Thornberry

Contrary to what many people believe, the welfare state was originally a 'rightwing' invention. It was the arch-conservative Otton von Bismarck who first introduced…

— Ha-Joon Chang

“The welfare state and its funding are at the center of current political debate in the United States. Today, the country is divided on…

— Werner Neff

The real purpose of welfare is to get rid of poor people entirely. Everybody knows welfare has bad effects; that's the point.

— P. J. O'Rourke

There was no welfare state, and people had to rely mainly on the Poor Law - that was all the state provided. It was…

— Barbara Castle

The welfare system in this country has literally crippled millions. It has gotten people bound and gagged so that they cannot get off it.…

— Shelton Smith

“America’s cash welfare program—the main government program that caught people when they fell—was not merely replaced with the 1996 welfare reform; it was very…

— Kathryn Edin

We must have a welfare system that we can afford, which will mean giving greater attention to directing the welfare program toward its primary…

— Michael Portillo

It's a mistake to think that poor people get the benefit from the welfare system. It's a total fraud. Most welfare go to the…

— Ron Paul

What the welfare system and other kinds of governmental programs are doing is paying people to fail. In so far as they fail, they…

— Thomas Sowell

The history of the welfare state is the history of public enterprise pushing out private organization. The impact was largely unintentional, but natural and…

— Doug Bandow

It's a mistake to think that poor people get the benefit from the welfare system. It's a total fraud. Most welfare go to the…

— Ron Paul