Quotes about Welfare

Meaningful work, not welfare, is every American's hope, and we have a continuing responsibility to make those hopes a lasting reality.

The government," he told me one night, "is there to act as a safety net, not a candy machine.

For example, after a half-century of Johnson's "Great Society" welfare programs, which have cost trillions of dollars, the national poverty rate remains roughly the same as it was in the 1960s. And despite countless promises by President Obama that his policies would make health coverage and college more affordable,56 health insurance costs and college expenses are significantly higher than they were when Obama implemented his reforms.

The more men you make free, the more freedom is strengthened, and the more men you give an interest in the welfare and safety of the State, the greater is the security of the State.

Shepherds of the flock should . . . seek the good of their flock, and every ruler the good of the people subject to him.

The welfare of the people is the highest law

Mankind was my business. The common welfare was my business; charity, mercy, forbearance, benevolence, were all my business. The dealings of my trade were but a drop of water in the comprehensive ocean of my business!

The great principle of out-of-door relief is, to give the paupers exactly what they don't want; and then they get tired of coming.

Mankind was my business. The common welfare was my business; charity, mercy, forbearance, and benevolence, were, all, my business. The dealings of my trade were but a drop of water in the comprehensive ocean of my business!

Mankind was my business. The common welfare was my business; charity, mercy, forbearance, and benevolence, were, all, my business.

The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government

The purpose of government is to enable the people of a nation to live in safety and happiness. Government exists for the interests of the governed, not for the governors.