Authors:

Welfare Quotes - Page 4

The Welfare of Each of Us Is Dependent Fundamentally Upon the Welfare of All of Us

Theodore Roosevelt, Paul H. Jeffers (1998). “The Bully Pulpit: A Teddy Roosevelt Book of Quotations”, p.63, Taylor Trade Publications

A democratic state is not proven by the welfare of the strong but by the welfare of the weak.

June Jordan (2009). “Some of Us Did Not Die: New and Selected Essays”, p.167, Basic Books

All civil rulers, as such, are the ordinance and ministers of God; and they are all, by the nature of their office, and in their respective spheres and stations, bound to consult the public welfare

Jonathan Mayhew (1750). “A Discourse Concerning Unlimited Submission and Non-resistance to the Higher Powers: With Some Reflections on the Resistance Made to King Charles I, and on the Anniversary of His Death: in which the Mysterious Doctrine of the Princes' Saintship and Martyrdom is Unriddled: the Substance of which was Delivered in a Sermon Preached in the West Meeting-house in Boston the Lord's-day After the 30th of January, 1749/50...”, p.33

After years of piecemeal reform the current welfare system is complex and unfair.

"Duncan Smith shakes up benefits in bid to cut costs and increase job incentives" by Patrick Wintour, www.theguardian.com. July 29, 2010.

We spend billions of pounds on welfare, yet millions are trapped on welfare. It's not worth their while going into work.

"David Cameron claims welfare reform will save in the long run" by Paul Owen, www.theguardian.com. October 3, 2010.