Rush Limbaugh Quotes

Well, first of all, we've got to get away from being offended by the truth. We've seen a 41 percent increase in food stamp recipients across the United States of America since President Obama was sworn in in January 2009. That has nothing to do with black, white, Hispanic or whatever. It's a fact, and we need to, you know, deal with that.

Poor young children and the elderly must be fed at public expense.

It's definitely not the case that every child living in poverty is eligible for free school lunches.

My family grew up relying on public assistance to help provide meals for our family. Child hunger in America is a real and often overlooked problem, but one that together, we can fix.

A huge amount still needs to be done. At the moment hundreds of children are still malnourished.

[I]t's an honor to be a food stamp president. Food stamps feed the hungry. Food stamps save the children. Food stamps help the farmer. Food stamps help the truck driver. Food stamps help the warehouse. Food stamps help the store. Food stamps hire people and feed people. Food stamps save people from starvation and malnutrition. ... Give President Barack Obama a big hand. Show your love. Show your appreciation.

Childhood hunger in America is as much a paradox as it is a tragedy. Why, in the wealthiest country in the world, should hunger darken the lives and dreams of 12 million children and their families? I believe that, when Americans learn the facts and understand how their involvement can make a difference, banishing childhood hunger will be a national, local and personal priority.

I can't think of any issue that is more important than working to see that no schoolchild in this world goes hungry.

Many people think that hunger is unavoidable in any society, even a society that is blessed with great abundance. That is not true. The European community does not have widespread hunger. America, which leads the world in so many ways, can end childhood hunger within its borders.

I can remember standing in a W.P.A. line with a gunny sack, and I remember having to buy chocolate milk instead of white because it was one cent cheaper.

SNAP is a critical anti-hunger program that feeds millions of low income Americans, including children, veterans, and seniors who would not otherwise have the resources to buy groceries.

I strongly support SNAP and will continue to urge my colleagues in Congress to provide adequate funding to this important program.

Most single moms are very poor, uneducated, can't get a job, and if it weren't for government assistance, their kids would be starving to death and never have health care. And that's the story that we're not seeing, and it's unfortunate that we glorify and glamorize the idea of out of children wedlock.

I can describe to you the taste of government cheese.

They advertise on the radio for food stamps!

For centuries, soup kitchens have been a way for local communities to offer a way of support, both nutritional and emotional to their less lucky neighbors.

UNICEF has repeatedly called on governments to ensure basic services for children and this includes providing food where the need exists.

If you need food stamps, you should meet the criteria.

A third of all the children born today will be on welfare.

Hunger in America is an American problem. The hunger of one should be the concern of all. Especially the hunger of children - our children.

We had to get on food stamps for a short period of time, so I understand the need for those.

Time and again, it has been proven that SNAP benefits are the most valuable government stimulus we can have for local economies.

We can all get behind feeding the poorest kids in school, right?

I know some of you don't care about food stamps, but I'm telling you if it feeds children, you do care about it.

Every new mother wonders, 'what will I pass on to my child'? Hunger is one inheritance no mother wants to give her child, yet millions of poor women have for generations. Help the World Food Programme break this cycle. No child should inherit hunger.