Administration Quote by William J. Clinton

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

We need welfare reform to get people back to work and provide proper support for those that can't.

— Liz Kendall

We need to make sure that people are progressively better off in work than they would be on welfare.

— Grant Shapps

“Although the 1996 welfare reform pushed millions of low-income single moms into the workforce, it did nothing to improve the conditions of low-wage jobs.…

— Kathryn Edin

“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

But we will say something else. That for far too long in this country, people who can work, people who are able to work,…

— David Cameron

“That is why we have welfare instead of workfare meaning that conservatives like welfare. It may sound like a shock to you but conservatives…

— William Domhoff

“As President Clinton was fine-tuning his plan to “end welfare as we know it,” a conservative reformer by the name of Jason Turner was…

— Matthew Desmond

Welfare's just one of the problems Labour failed to tackle when they were in government.

— Grant Shapps

While Obama's economic policies have failed to spur growth, our anti-poverty programs have long failed to promote upward mobility and move people from welfare…

— Charles Boustany

The conventional viewpoint says we need a jobs program and we need to cut welfare. Just the opposite! We need more welfare and fewer…

— Jerry Brown

The 1996 welfare reform law, for the first time, connected welfare benefits with an expectation that recipients would work or participate in training. That…

— Charles Boustany