Evonne Goolagong Cawley Quotes

Whenever a car would come down the road, my mum would tell us to hide 'or else the welfare man would take you away.'

My mom was on welfare for the first five, six years of my life.

We were on welfare when we were kids. Thanks for reminding me of that.

I'm angry when we have to use state dollars to fill holes in our low-income heating assistance program because there isn't enough support from Washington.

The issue I highlight in the book is welfare reform.

My mom was on welfare and the occasional food stamp, but I have never participated in any of those governmental programs, even the ones that kind of work like education, scholarships and whatever, and I managed to do just fine.

As someone who grew up in tough circumstances, I know that being on public assistance is not a spot that anyone wants to be in.

I think there should be better child support laws to make it easier for those single moms to support their children so they don't have to go on welfare.

I was on food stamps until I was 18 and became an adult.

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

We are tired of a welfare system which dehumanizes us and dispenses payments under procedures that are often ugly and paternalistic.

I think Medicaid harms people.

Social safety-net spending is an important form of public funding that helps offset disparities in family resources for children.

My mother was born into a solidly middle-class family, but, as all too many Americans understand, everything doesn't always go as planned - no matter how hard you work. She died on welfare. Without the support of the state, I shudder to think of where we would have ended up.

I have to address the economic conditions of everybody, including, and perhaps first, those who are poor.

I don't think you ought to walk into this country one day, and the first stop you make is the welfare office.

Is it a coincidence that in 1998, Barack Obama talks about a majority coalition of welfare recipients and in 2012 we got a record number of Americans on food stamps while he's president? I don't think it's a coincidence.

Is our national goal to place as many people on welfare, food stamp support, as we can possibly put on that program? Is that our goal? Is that a moral vision for the United States of America, just to see how many people we can place in a situation where they're dependent on the federal government for their food?

I understand welfare because I lived it. I understand the difference between a want and a need. The Republican Party promised to bring welfare change. We must deliver on this promise.

I'm not concerned about the very poor. We have a safety net there. If it needs a repair, I'll fix it.

I think most Americans believe in a basic social safety net.

With increasing poverty, welfare dependency and violence in the United States, religion and religious organizations have an important role to play combating societal problems.

There are 500,000 poor children in this state that did not choose to be poor, and we have to take care of them.

One of the flaws in the American dream is that there isn't as much of a safety net as you may get in other countries.

I receive food stamps but I have never been on welfare.