Kim Campbell Quotes

On the one hand we have got to ask, are there some areas of universal benefits that are no longer affordable? But on the other hand let us look at the issue of dependency where we have trapped people in poverty through the extent of welfare that they have.

I wrote my thesis on welfare policy.

I have an economics degree with a minor in sociology. The reason I have that is because I want to do a ministry in urban areas and help with underprivileged kids.

Do we really want a society in which the stigma of going on the dole has been erased?

When they seek to cut programs that help families living in poverty, I will fight them every step of the way.

It is very difficult to reverse social benefits…

Today we are ending welfare as we know it.

We're moving more and more toward user fees, but the people who use social service programs obviously don't have the ability to pay for them.

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

Welfare's purpose should be to eliminate, as far as possible, the need for its own existence.

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

This administration is cutting the programs that our Nation and its citizens need most, while dissolving the safety nets created to protect the elderly and less fortunate in this wealthy Nation.

It's more important to try to do something for the crores of poor people of my country.

When you talk about war on poverty it doesn't mean very much; but if you can show to some degree this sort of thing then you can show a great deal more of how people are living and a very great percentage of our people today.

Why is it is claimed that if people won't or can't take care of their own needs, that people in government can do it for them?

Parents with meager means have the same aspirations for their children as other parents. Children from poor families have the same needs as other children.

There was no welfare state, and people had to rely mainly on the Poor Law - that was all the state provided. It was very degrading, very humiliating. And there was a means test for receiving poor relief.

The issue I highlight in the book is welfare reform.

There are men and women still on the streets, and that's all they are saying Can you spare a quarter? I come from a crowd of people who were current on the outlook on life, who were social and knew where they were and had some input into how things seemed to be.

I am for doing good to the poor, but I differ in opinion about the means. I think the best way of doing good to the poor is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it.

After years of piecemeal reform the current welfare system is complex and unfair.

Even the best community organizations and faith-based initiatives and the extraordinary charity of Americans across the country can't carry the brunt of eliminating poverty.

The best performers in Europe are those who use their welfare states to help people adjust to change.

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 was once a welfare recipient and am very aware of the successes and failures of this critical safety net. There are those that would have us believe that those receiving TANF benefits are lazy, shiftless, freeloaders who are just sitting around thinking of another way to suckle from the government teat.