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    One of the consequences of such notions as "entitlements" is that people who have contributed nothing to society feel that society owes them something, apparently just for being nice enough to grace us with their presence.

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The wish to spread those opinions that we hold conducive to our own welfare is so deeply rooted in the read more

The wish to spread those opinions that we hold conducive to our own welfare is so deeply rooted in the English character that few of us can escape its influence.

by Samuel Butler Found in: Welfare Quotes,
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The welfare of the people is the ultimate law

The welfare of the people is the ultimate law

by Marcus Tullius Cicero Found in: Welfare Quotes,
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The assumption that spending more of the taxpayer's money will make things better has survived all kinds of evidence that read more

The assumption that spending more of the taxpayer's money will make things better has survived all kinds of evidence that it has made things worse. The black family- which survived slavery, discrimination, poverty, wars and depressions- began to come apart as the federal government moved in with its well-financed programs to "help."

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Socialism is the religion people get when they lose their religion

Socialism is the religion people get when they lose their religion

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The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing read more

The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries.

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Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in read more

Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in restraint and servitude.

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Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it

Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it

by Thomas Sowell Found in: Socialism Quotes,
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Welfare is hated by those who administer it, mistrusted by those who pay for it and held in contempt by read more

Welfare is hated by those who administer it, mistrusted by those who pay for it and held in contempt by those who receive it.

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It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for read more

It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare.

by Edmund Burke Found in: Welfare Quotes,
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