#welfare

We believe that only government has the capacity--not to mention the political and moral responsibility--to promote the general welfare. Father Kramer as quoted in Sweet Charity? ↗

— Janet Poppendieck

#general-welfare #government-programs #moral-responsibility #public-service #food

Humanity's true moral test, its fundamental test…consists of its attitude towards those who are at its mercy: animals. ↗

— Milan Kundera

#animal-rights #animal-welfare #animals #attitude

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

— William Vickrey

#evil #far #greater #greater evil #human

The more you can increase fear of drugs and crime, welfare mothers, immigrants and aliens, the more you control all the people. ↗

— Noam Chomsky

#crime #fear #immigrants #increase #more

Welfare distorts behavior, makes one less personally responsible and reduces the role of private charity. This principle applies to corporate welfare. ↗

— Larry Elder

#behavior #charity #corporate #distorts #less

The function of intellect is to provide a means of modifying our reactions to the circumstances of life, so that we may secure pleasure, the symptom of welfare. ↗

— Edward Thorndike

#function #intellect #life #may #means

I was a camp counselor for kids whose moms were on welfare, unfortunately, and right across the camp was the best, most pristine and preppy camp in the universe. ↗

— Harvey Weinstein

#best #camp #counselor #i #kids

I want to increase our spending on research and development by 25%. That's something the U.S. does very well. That dynamism alongside a welfare state in the European community - that's the synthesis I want to achieve. ↗

— Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

#alongside #community #development #does #dynamism

The welfare culture tells the man he is not a necessary part of the family; he feels dispensable, his wife knows he is dispensable, his children sense it. ↗

— George Gilder

#culture #dispensable #family #feels #his

Animal welfare issues have always been important to me. ↗

— Cathy Guisewite

#animal #been #important #issues #me