#welfare

The quicker we humans learn that saving open space and wildlife is critical to our welfare and quality of life, maybe we'll start thinking of doing something about it. ↗

— Jim Fowler

#critical #doing #humans #learn #life

Religion did not exist for the saving of souls but for the preservation and welfare of society, and in all that was necessary to this end every man had to take his part, or break with the domestic and political community to which he belonged. ↗

— William Robertson Smith

#break #community #did #domestic #end

The welfare state is not really about the welfare of the masses. It is about the egos of the elites. ↗

— Thomas Sowell

#egos #elites #masses #really #state

Without growth we can't pay down our debt, and without growth there's no money for welfare. ↗

— Helle Thorning-Schmidt

#down #growth #money #our #pay

The old welfare system was hurting people by discouraging work and marriage. Welfare reform, and now this legislation, will build on the understanding that work and strong families are the foundation upon which we build our future. ↗

— Jim Talent

#discouraging #families #foundation #future #hurting

My mom raised us three boys by herself on welfare. It's not worse than anybody else's life. ↗

— Jeffrey Donovan

#else #herself #life #mom #raised

But for the national welfare, it is urgent to realize that the minorities do think, and think about something other than the race problem. ↗

— Zora Neale Hurston

#minorities #national #other #problem #race

Taxes are what we pay for civilized society, for modernity, and for prosperity. The wealthy pay more because they have benefitted more. Taxes, well laid and well spent, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, and promote the general welfare. Taxes protect property and the environment; taxes make business possible. Taxes pay for roads and schools and bridges and police and teachers. Taxes pay for doctors and nursing homes and medicine. During an emergency, like an earthquake or a hurricane, taxes pay for rescue workers, shelters, and services. For people whose lives are devastated by other kinds of disaster, like the disaster of poverty, taxes pay, even, for food. ↗

— Jill Lepore

#business #common-defense #disasters #domestic-tranquility #emergencies

Child welfare ought really to cover all sorts of topics, such as better water and sanitation and good roads, and clean streets and public parks and playgrounds. ↗

— Marjory Stoneman Douglas

#child #clean #cover #good #ought

I believe welfare makes you lazy and unproductive. ↗

— Charles Evers

#i #i believe #lazy #makes #unproductive