Mike Rogers Quotes

Anything that we can do to improve the lives of elderly people is welcome so far as I am concerned.

I'll always stand up for America's seniors so they can age with dignity.

The problems of aging present an opportunity to rethink our social and personal lives in order to ensure the dignity and welfare of each individual.

I agree with President Roosevelt, and generations since, that American seniors deserve better than poverty.

A generous basic state pension is the least a civilized society should offer those who have worked hard and saved through their whole lives.

There was a time not too long ago when American seniors were too often forced to go without food, medicine, and quality healthcare. But thanks to transformative programs like Social Security, most seniors in this country are provided the opportunity to live with the stability and peace of mind they have earned and deserve.

I will never turn Medicare into a voucher. No American should ever have to spend their golden years at the mercy of insurance companies. They should retire with the care and dignity they have earned.

The elderly are all someone's flesh and blood and we cannot just shut them in a cupboard and hand over the responsibility for taking care of them to the state.

At the end of my life, I was told to vote for it for pensioners; I' m not in favour of means tests for pensioners or anybody.

In every decision we make and in every policy we develop, we are committed to protecting those who cannot protect themselves... the very young and the very old.

It's dishonest to say we're doing everything we can for our seniors when there is so much more we can.

Old age security is welfare for the aged.

I do not believe that older Americans should be forced to live out their lives in poverty, their tiny savings destroyed by illness. Dependent upon their relatives. Feeling unwanted by their country.

In advanced age, and in cases of disability from accident, natural infirmity or any other cause, the individual shall be supported by the colony, and receive every comfort which kindness can administer

I think we ought to provide much more dignity and respect to individuals who need some care and assistance, whether they are chronically ill or disabled or seniors, it's the right thing for this country to do.

In my opinion we don't take care of our disabled people well enough. We don't take care of our elderly well enough. We should honor them more than we do.

A medical revolution has extended the life of our elder citizens without providing the dignity and security those later years deserve.

The Mexican government understands that when you turn 65, your ability to earn money diminishes. They don't want you kicked out of your house that you've worked your whole life for, no matter what that house is.

Protecting the dignity and the security our seniors have earned is a commitment that spans generations and party lines.

Traditionally, Medicare's assurance has been that for the elderly and persons with disabilities that they will not be alone when confronted with the full burden of their health care costs.

Almsgiving tends to perpetuate poverty; and does away with it once and for all. Almsgiving leaves a man just where he was before. Aid restores him to society as an individual worthy of all respect and not as a man with a grievance. Almsgiving is the generosity of the rich; social aid levels up social inequalities.

The prosperity of a country is in accordance with its treatment of the aged.

Society’s willingness to provide for the poor among them increases when the standard of living is advancing.

We shouldn't have to give up all our rights, just because we are receiving a Government benefit.

The care of human life and happiness and not their destruction, is the first and only legitimate object of good government.