Iain Duncan Smith Quotes

We need to take steps to strengthen and mend Social Security so that its promise of a secure retirement is just as real for seniors in the future as it is today.

Privatizing Social Security will take dollars out of young folks' pockets.

Every American must be guaranteed dignity and independence in their retirement.

I've retired so many times now it's getting to be a habit.

More retirees, longer life expectancy, larger benefits, and fewer workers - these trends have meant substantial increases in the payroll tax. Since the social security program began, the payroll tax has increased more than 500 percent.

We all retire one day. If we want to, if we don't want to.

I think the notion of retirement is just a dreadful, dreadful idea and I hope I never have to do that.

Well, we certainly need to raise the retirement age. I've told my 19-year-old and my 22-year-old that they're not going to be getting retirement benefits at age 62.

I have to think about the possible ramifications of an early retirement.

What is the point of working all your life and then stopping?

Social Security is the very foundation of retirement security for millions of Americans.

The trouble with retirement is that you never get a day off.

I would not be opposed to devising a new system of pensions, in which one part was based on collective provision, but which also gave incentives for people to take out an additional, personal plan.

I don't suppose I'll ever retire completely.

I haven't thought of retirement yet, but when I stop enjoying the game or when injuries force me, I will quit.

Retire? I don't know what that word means. As long as a man is able to work and he's productive out there and he feels good - keep at it.

We have a rare and perhaps small window of opportunity to set partisan differences aside, and attempt to achieve what many in recent years have felt was unreachable - greater retirement security for ourselves and our children.

To retire is to die.

We have so many people retiring that we do not have enough people paying into the system to be able to provide the benefits for those collecting those benefits.

It used to be 65 when you went into retirement. Before that, when you got into your 50s, you were getting older.

When the time comes to retire, I think I'll know. I really do.

I never think about retiring - because you retire, you die.

When I retire, I want to retire the right way.

Like people say, it's very hard for a good professional to retire.

I'm going to retire as an Eagle.