Democratic Quote by William Graham Sumner

Pension: An allowance made to anyone without an equivalent. In England it is generally understood to mean pay given to a state hireling for…

— Samuel Johnson

Many old people receive pensions for no other reason, it seems to me, but as a compensation for having lived a long time ago.

— Henry David Thoreau

“Pensions are aimed at the dead. Work hard for retirement! It never comes for many due to fatal illnesses and diseases.”

— Steven Magee

I think there should be a law that would allow the Oireachtas to take pensions away from people. That would go for corrupt politicians;…

— Leo Varadkar

I believe when hard-working citizens have earned their pension, it's wrong for Washington bureaucrats and politicians to take their pensions away.

— Josh Mandel

After World War II, there were a lot of pension funds in Europe that were fully funded, but they were pressured to hold a…

— Edward C. Prescott

If Britain is to have a stable, affordable pension system, people need to work longer, but we will reward their hard work with a…

— Iain Duncan Smith

I don't think congressmen and senators ought to be getting pensions when nobody else does.

— Mike Braun

We do need to have a little bit more protection and sensibility around pensioners. They are remarkable. They gave so much. We need to…

— Iain Duncan Smith

I took a hasty trip to Germany, Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands, and England to talk to the officials of each Government about their pension…

— Judy LaMarsh

In some cases, managers and employees have secured pensions beyond their original base salary. It is wrong, the people doing it know it's wrong,…

— Jerry Brown

An independent Scotland could afford pensions full stop - after all, it is our taxes and national insurance contributions that fund them now.

— Nicola Sturgeon