(273 quotes found)
“The welfare of the people in particular has always been the alibi of tyrants, and it provides the further advantage of giving the servants of tyranny a good conscience”
Albert Camus
“The welfare of each is bound up in the welfare of all.”
Helen Keller
“The tyranny of a prince in an oligarchy is not so dangerous to the public welfare as the apathy of a citizen in a democracy”
Charles de Montesquieu
“People, who rise above their petty individual selfishness and work for the welfare of society are considered patriots.”
Sam Veda
“Anyone who can walk to the welfare office can walk to work.”
Al Capp
“Most women are one man away from welfare.”
Gloria Steinem
“Bad schools, crime, drugs, high taxes, the social security mess, racism, the health care ? crisis? unemployment, welfare state dependency, illegitimacy, the gap between rich and poor. What do these issues have in common? Politicians, the media, and our so-called "leaders" lie to us about them. They lie about the cause. They lie about the effect. They lie about the solutions.”
Larry Elder
“No-one can compel me to be happy in accordance with his conception of the welfare of others, for each may seek his happiness in whatever way he sees fit, so long as he does not infringe upon the freedom of others to pursue a similar end which can be reconciled with the freedom of everyone else within a workable general law – i.e. he must accord to others the same right as he enjoys himself.”
Immanuel Kant
“It is my deliberate opinion that the one essential requisite of human welfare in all ways is scientific knowledge of human nature”
Harriet Martineau
