Iain Duncan Smith Quotes

I was always able to get money, but now it's a little bit more money, and I manage the same way. I just want to see my family do better.

Most social problems could be helped or prevented if people had more money and practical advice.

When are we going to make parenting a national priority?

I think police officers can work with social workers and public health nurses to do so much in terms of addressing the problem of American families, of children in American families as a whole, and giving them an opportunity to get off to a fresh start, to become self-sufficient, to lead safe, constructive lives.

It is a truism that children need more of Mother than of money.

I see a New York where people who are down on their luck can get back on the road to responsibility, a job and dignity.

Money is only a vehicle that provides you with options, and I say there's only one thing that money can't buy - poverty.

A large part of crime is economics - if people are working and and have a home and family to support, then I believe you can reduce the crime rate.

After I had my son, Max, I knew I wanted to get involved in causes that help children.

I am convinced that the reason why my kids have become very fulfilled and achieving human beings is because I wasn't raising them alone.

I know that it isn't just violence against women, it's how do we support ourselves and our families, how do we deal with health care for ourselves and our families? It's a bigger picture.

It is time for us to focus on the issues that bring us together as a nation. Supporting parents' capacity to raise their children with the love and resources they need is simply the right thing to do.

Financial security is crucial for your family, and I have a large family. Money does matter when you don't have it. When you need it, you realise the value of it. In that sense, money will always have value.

Ten years ago, Republicans decided it was time to reform our broken welfare system and give welfare recipients the tools they needed to escape the system and build a better life.

If US per capita income continues to grow at a rate of 1.5 percent a year, the country will have plenty of money to finance comfortable retirements and high-quality healthcare for all citizens, including those at the bottom of the wage ladder.

We expect teachers to handle teenage pregnancy, substance abuse, and the failings of the family. Then we expect them to educate our children.

Most moms and dads, they want to be good moms and dads. But it's an incredibly hard job when you are stressed out, when you are poor, when your life is in chaos. And giving them some of the tools to be better parents, to whittle away at that parenting gap, gives those kids a much better starting point in life.

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.

We must all work together to end youth homelessness in America.

It's coaches. It's people that are involved in kids' lives at every level, and it's supporting their parents. Their parents need better jobs. So that they can help them with their homework and don't have to work two jobs.

There is a role for government, but no matter how much money the government spends, it will never be able to take the place of parents and strong families.

An important lever for sustained action in tackling poverty and reducing hunger is money.

Parents need all the help they can get. The strongest as well as the most fragile family requires a vital network of social supports.

Every citizen willing to work and capable of working shall receive a just and living annual wage which will enable him to maintain and educate his family according to the standards of American decency

The American home, a steady job, an opportunity for the children to go to school properly nourished is the way to combat communism.