Chuck Hagel Quotes

You know, Floridians, we've paid into Social Security. Like a lot of other government programs, we sent money to D.C. We expect to get that money back. We expect that our Social Security is real. So, we have to fix Social Security.

Social Security is the widest accepted contract in our society.

Social Security is a social insurance program - it is not designed to be the same thing as a 401(k).

What's lost in this whole debate, unfortunately, is that Social Security is not a giveaway where we take money to give to other people. It's a contract with the government... that's worked for 75 years. It's the most successful government program that we've ever had.

To me, it is clear that the Social Security program is constitutional.

It's hard to exaggerate the importance of preserving the financial integrity of Social Security.

As you know, Social Security functions under the premise that today's workers will help finance benefits for retirees and that these workers will then be supported by the next generation of workers paying into the same system.

We must work to stabilize Social Security. We must not gamble with our nation's social insurance program, one of our most popular and effective federal programs that has remained dependable and stable for the past 70 years.

Through good times and bad, American workers and their families have been able to rely on Social Security to provide guaranteed protection against the loss of earnings due to retirement, disability, or death.

Social Security, for example - I'm 43. I've paid into the system. You know what? That money has been stolen from me. I know that my parents who are on Social Security - they've got to continue to receive it. They're dependent on it. It is their primary source of income.

Social Security is a family insurance program, not an investment scheme.

Social Security works better than any other program in the world. Why dismantle it now?

We got to fight to protect Social Security.

Social Security is fundamentally strong.

We must work hard to ensure that Social Security remains solvent for future generations.

Since Social Security was established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1935 to ensure economic security for American workers, poverty among American seniors has dramatically declined.

We all know that Social Security is one of this country's greatest success stories in the 20th century.

Small changes done now would preserve Social Security at full benefit.

Currently, more than 4.7 million African Americans receive Social Security benefits, and nearly 8 million people with disabilities depend on Social Security for their daily sustenance.

There is a lot of room for improvement in Social Security. We owe our children the most financially sound system possible. They will have paid into it their entire working lives. They deserve to be protected by it. for our children and grandchildren.

The reason to deal with Social Security is that it is a system where we have a tradition and history of making sure it is solidly funded for 75 years. At the moment, we look out and we see it is solidly funded until 2037.

We must work together to save and strengthen Social Security not just for my father's generation but also for my daughters' generation.

The Social Security trust fund is in pretty good shape today and we should not embark upon risky, dangerous schemes which will, in fact, undermine Social Security, such as privatization.

I don't support getting rid of Social Security.

I never sought to privatize Social Security.