Emile Zola
Novelist
"Man's highest duty is to protect animals from cruelty."
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Welfare
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Ronald Reagan
Politician, Actor
"I thought the function of the government was to promote the general welfare, not to provide it."
George Washington
Military Leader, Politician
"It is incumbent upon every person of every description to contribute to his country's welfare."
Noam Chomsky
Linguist, Philosopher, Activist
"All forms of involuntary servitude are prohibited, not only slavery but also conscription, forced association, and forced welfare distribution."
Stephen Harper
Politician
"Canada is a Northern European welfare state in the worst sense of the term, and very proud of it."
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"Far more has been accomplished for the welfare and progress of mankind by preventing bad actions than by doing good ones."
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"Nature teaches beasts to know their friends."
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"Malefactors of great wealth have arrogantly ignored the public welfare."
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"The welfare of each is bound up in the welfare of all."
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"The stimulus was a case of political patronage, corporate welfare, and cronyism at their worst."
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"Each and every one of you should consider himself to be a trustee for the welfare of the rest of his fellow labourers and not be self-seeking."
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"Slavery didnt break up the black families as much as liberal welfare rules."
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"The Welfare of Each of Us Is Dependent Fundamentally Upon the Welfare of All of Us"
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"Is there any possibility of getting the super Welfare State's honey and avoiding the sting?"
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"The welfare state is an assault on families."
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"A democratic state is not proven by the welfare of the strong but by the welfare of the weak."
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"Not only is your own happiness and welfare related to others, but the more you help them, the happier you will be."
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"No one ever laid out the sequence of events that led to my mother being prosecuted and imprisoned for alleged welfare fraud."
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"To drive men from independence to live on alms, is itself great cruelty."
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"The object of government is the welfare of the people."
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"Marriage is not for individual happiness, but for the welfare of the nation and the caste."
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"Work is the inevitable condition of human life, the true source of human welfare."
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"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."
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"Not even the vicissitudes of fortune are contrary to nature or to the providential ordering of the universe. It all flows from the gods, who determine what is needed for the welfare of the whole universe, of which you are a part."
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"The true neighbor will risk his position, his prestige, and even his life for the welfare of others."
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