John Hickenlooper Quotes

As a member of the Aging Committee, I'm no stranger to fighting for America's seniors.

Old age security is welfare for the aged.

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

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

I never need to go far if I need a reminder of how important Medicare and Social Security are to Missouri's seniors. My mom, Betty Anne, is one of millions for whom these services provide a reliable safety net. Across the country, these protections are an integral part of sustaining millions of seniors' health and dignity.

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

As America is growing older, there are more and more families caring for older parents and grandparents, and it's extremely expensive.

In the high-income English-speaking world, the elderly get treated very well indeed.

And now that the Greatest Generation is getting older, I think it is the responsibility of all Americans to make sure we do our part for America's seniors. You have earned the best of America -- and we need to make sure you get the protection and health care you deserve.

I think ageing demographics is a bigger issue in China than people think. And the problems it creates should be become evident as early as 2016.

Few promises are more sacred than the ones we make to older Americans.

When we stand up for America, we stand up for what America stands for, which is a safety net for our seniors and really helping our families be able to help themselves.

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

I think America may be growing up and accepting the fact that the bulk of life exists beyond 50. Because demographically... the vast population is over 50.

Community care is a fundamental, an essential, an enduring part of our aged care system.

I want to protect and preserve social security and Medicare.

And because of these programs like Medicare, Medicare prescription drugs, Social Security, we now have the healthiest and wealthiest group of senior citizens that the world has ever seen. This is a continuing commitment to that.

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

I get all fired up about aging in America.

You do not have to cut finds from the elderly sick and still keep the yacht subsidy;

I should be a representative for AARP!

Social care from cradle to grave is a huge concern for us all.

I will not rest until seniors get the cost-of-living adjustments they have earned and we lower the cost of prescription drugs.

I felt rather exhausted, and wondered, rather shocked at my callous thought, why old people were sometimes such a strain. Worse than young children or puppies because one had to be polite.

Social Security is a government program with a constituency made up of the old, the near old and those who hope or fear to grow old. After 215 years of trying, we have finally discovered a special interest that includes 100 percent of the population. Now we can vote ourselves rich.