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Welfare Quotes

On care, support, and what people owe to each other's wellbeing.

Several lines widen the idea of welfare beyond humans altogether, framing genuine care as something that extends to every living being. Read more in our Country quotes.

My duties are wider than those of the Pope. The Pope is only concerned with the spiritual welfare of his flock.

Quotes by Aga Khan IV

A Hindu is interested in the welfare of all: not merely humans, but all living beings.

Quotes by Yogi Adityanath

Larger deficits are necessary and proper means to mitigate unemployment as the far greater evil in terms of human welfare.

Quotes by William Vickrey

I was born and raised in the ghetto, on welfare, two minutes from homeless.

Quotes by will.i.am

Believe Quotes

My first interest in baseball is the welfare of baseball itself. My second is the Cincinnati Reds, and my third is Warren Giles.

Quotes by Warren Giles

We were sent to this country by the President, who desires to promote the welfare of Japan, and are quite different from the ambassadors of other countries.

Quotes by Townsend Harris

Welfare reform happened with reconciliation; half the Democrats voted for it. The Bush tax cuts happened with reconciliation; twelve Democratic Senators voted for it. You didn't have a real partisan issue on those times that it was used.

Quotes by Tom Coburn

The people of one county can not be indifferent to the welfare of the people in another county.

Quotes by Thomas Jordan Jarvis

The effect of violent dislike between groups has always created an indifference to the welfare and honor of the state.

Quotes by Thomas Babington Macaulay

Country Quotes

I'm very much into animal welfare.

Quotes by Teresa Palmer

There's more than a few remnants left in German welfare policy today. Many Germans eagerly condemn Hitler's fascism but won't examine the other reasons why the Third Reich succeeded for a season.

Quotes by Suzanne Fields

Stopping new illegal immigration - preventing the effects that will have on our schools, on our hospitals, on our welfare system, on our wage earners - will save taxpayers hundreds of billions of dollars.

Quotes by Stephen Miller

At its core, government welfare is predicated on a false compassion.

Quotes by Stephen Moore

The original purpose of the welfare state was to lift people into self-sufficiency, not to create a permanent underclass dependent on taxpayers.

Quotes by Stephen Moore

Government Quotes

The welfare of a nation can scarcely be inferred from a measurement of national income as defined by the GDP.

Quotes by Simon Kuznets

Resources are a trust of the nation, and each and every penny is being spent on public welfare projects honestly.

Quotes by Shehbaz Sharif

I devoted myself to the task of welfare of my countrymen - not as a ruler but as a servant.

Quotes by Sheikh Hasina

It's never been clearer that unrestrained market forces do not produce the kind of societies we aspire to - economically stable and socially inclusive, where citizens have access to secure jobs with the dignity of a fair wage and a...

Quotes by Sharan Burrow

I have a track record of under-promising and over-delivering, whether it's on the economy, border protection, welfare reforms.

Quotes by Scott Morrison

Money Quotes

We do know the welfare system, starting in the '60s, basically encouraged the dissolution of marriage, encouraged families to separate in order to get the benefits.

Quotes by Scott Garrett

Frequently Asked Questions

What angle does this Welfare collection take?
It spans personal, religious, and economic senses of the word — from someone naming baseball's own welfare as their first interest, ahead of their team the Cincinnati Reds and Warren Giles, to a broader statement about human welfare.
Does 'welfare' here mean government assistance or something broader?
Both senses appear. One quote uses welfare in the older, broader sense of well-being — a Hindu interest in the welfare of all living beings, not merely humans — while another speaks directly about growing up on welfare, in the ghetto, near homelessness.
Is there an economic policy quote in this collection?
Yes, one line argues that larger deficits are a necessary and proper means to mitigate unemployment, framed as the greater evil for human welfare — presented here as one economic viewpoint among others, not as settled fact.
How personal do these welfare quotes get?
Quite personal — one speaker describes their own upbringing on welfare, minutes from homelessness, giving the topic real weight beyond policy debate and grounding it in lived circumstance.
Why would someone search for welfare quotes?
Readers come looking for language about care and provision at every scale — for a nation, a community, or a single family trying to get by.

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