#welfare

The tyranny of a prince in an oligarchy is not so dangerous to the public welfare as the apathy of a citizen in a democracy. ↗

— Charles de Montesquieu

#citizen #dangerous #democracy #oligarchy #prince

I was once a welfare recipient and am very aware of the successes and failures of this critical safety net. There are those that would have us believe that those receiving TANF benefits are lazy, shiftless, freeloaders who are just sitting around thinking of another way to suckle from the government teat. ↗

— Gwen Moore

#another #another way #around #aware #believe

The welfare system in the United States is vile. ↗

— Daniel Keys Moran

#system #united #united states #vile #welfare

It's not easy cutting welfare bills. It's not easy cutting the deficit. ↗

— George Osborne

#cutting #deficit #easy #welfare

The great mistake these people make is that they go to looking after the spiritual welfare of the Indians before securing their physical. ↗

— George Crook

#before #go #great #indians #looking

Is it a coincidence that in 1998, Barack Obama talks about a majority coalition of welfare recipients and in 2012 we got a record number of Americans on food stamps while he's president? I don't think it's a coincidence. ↗

— Rush Limbaugh

#barack #barack obama #coalition #coincidence #food

Our ideal is to make her ever stronger and better and finer, because in that way alone, as we believe, can she be of the greatest service to the world's peace and to the welfare of mankind. ↗

— Henry Cabot Lodge

#because #believe #better #ever #finer

The country will also need 'new forms of social welfare' instead of its current system which is excessively centred on pensions. ↗

— Giorgio Napolitano

#country #current #excessively #forms #instead

The welfare of the people in particular has always been the alibi of tyrants. ↗

— Albert Camus

#always #been #particular #people #tyrants

A liberty subject to law and subordinate to the common welfare. ↗

— Bainbridge Colby

#law #liberty #subject #subordinate #welfare