The powers of Congress are totally inadequate to preserve the balance between the respective States, and oblige them to do those things which are essential for their own welfare or for the general good. – Henry Knox
A billion dollars every week for Iraq, $87 billion for Iraq. We can’t get $5 billion for childcare over five years in welfare reform. – Jim Wallis
There are people who believe in expanding the welfare state across the spectrum of races and ethnicities and creeds. – Jeb Bush
After years of piecemeal reform the current welfare system is complex and unfair. – Iain Duncan Smith
Sooner or later we’ve got to tie the saving of the natural world to our own public welfare. – Jim Fowler
When we give a subsidy, the benefits to the public ought to exceed the benefits to the company. When it doesn’t, that’s our definition of corporate welfare. – John Kasich
In general, we run the farm like a business instead of a welfare recipient, and we adhere to historically-validated patterns. – Joel Salatin
This desire for equity must not lead to an excess of welfare, where nobody is responsible for anything. – Jacques Delors
We should always care for the minorities and be attentive towards their welfare. – Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Legislation can neither be wise nor just which seeks the welfare of a single interest at the expense and to the injury of many and varied interests. – Andrew Johnson
I left Delhi, in 1971, shortly after Collective Choice and Social Welfare was published in 1970. – Amartya Sen
In 1996, Republicans used reconciliation to pass major legislation that ended six decades of welfare policy. – Bernie Sanders
Drug testing for recipients of various welfare programs – I really think that’s something that needs to be considered. – Blake Farenthold
By common consent, most European countries support the maintenance of robust welfare states and are comfortable with taxation systems that support them. – Charles Kennedy
My duties are wider than those of the Pope. The Pope is only concerned with the spiritual welfare of his flock. – Aga Khan IV
He who is unconscious of the ties which connect him with every individual of his species feels no obligation to make sacrifices for their welfare or happiness. – Benjamin Robbins Curtis
I worked in the Senate in the 1970s. I worked for the Labor, Public Welfare Committee, and we had Ted Kennedy and my old boss, Bill Hathaway, and Walter Mondale. – Angus King
For many of those who had historically supported welfare programs in the broadest sense, it was perfectly reasonable to enact legislation in which poor people were the objects of efforts to assist them. – Barney Frank
Governments everywhere that are unable to guarantee equitable growth and social welfare have suffered a fatal decay of legitimacy. – Pankaj Mishra
It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare. – Edmund Burke
Both Marx and Christ agree that in this life, a right action is consideration for the welfare of others. – Gore Vidal
