Rachel Campos-Duffy Quotes

The war on poverty is not a struggle simply to support people, to make them dependent on the generosity of others. It is a struggle to give people a chance.

In American history, it's about hard work and self-reliance. It's not about collecting giveaways or being on unemployment forever. That the economy moves ahead for people who are going to work to realize the American dream, own a home, send your kids to college. I think it's the founding cornerstone of America.

When I was waiting tables, washing dishes, or mowing lawns for money, I never thought of myself as stuck in some station in life. I was on my own path, my own journey, an American journey where I could think for myself, decide for myself, define happiness for myself.

The only method by which people can be supported is out of the effort of those who are earning their own way. We must not create a deterrent to hard work.

A lot of people have a sense-of-entitlement mentality that somebody else ought to do these things for them. People are mad at the government for not getting jobs for them. I don't understand why it's the government's responsibility.

In my youth, I traveled much, and I observed in different countries, that the more public provisions were made for the poor, the less they provided for themselves, and of course became poorer. And, on the contrary, the less was done for them, the more they did for themselves, and became richer.

Dependency is death to initiative, to risk-taking and opportunity. It's time to stop the spread of government dependency and fight it like the poison it is.

It is a waste of money to help those who show no desire to help themselves.

You cannot help people permanently by doing for them what they can and should do for themselves.

I've worked since I was 18. I have no trust fund and don't expect anything.

My parents instilled a really good work ethic from when I was little - if you want to have money to spend on holidays, you earn it. So I've always been someone who wanted to be able to survive by myself, but I think you have to let down the barriers a little bit - let other people in.

Last year in the United States alone over $98 billion was distributed in unearned government transfer payments and other aid to millions of men and women who most often did nothing for what they received. This character-weakening government dole is repeated in almost every nation of the world. We encourage Latter-day Saints everywhere to remain free of government assistance. Work for what you receive.

I come from a simple background, so I couldn't call my father and say, 'Come pay my bills,' so I had to get out there and work.

I always told my girls growing up that I would not baby them through life, and no matter how blessed they are financially, they have to get an education!

I don't want to end up being dependent on anyone.

When I was very young, I had to start to working to help my family, while my friends were studying. Since then, I have felt the urgency to escape from every dependency situation.

I saw how hard my parents worked, and I didn't want to be a freeloader.

I have always told my daughters not to be dependent on anyone in any capacity.

It was really important for me to understand that I needed to provide for myself, and I needed to become a provider for my own family, too.

I've always had a job. I left home when I was 16, and you have to look after yourself.

I don't want no handouts. I want to get it out the mud.

Nobody but a beggar chooses to depend chiefly upon the benevolence of his fellow-citizens.

Our nation needs to stop doing for people what they can and should do for themselves. Self reliance means, if anyone will not work, neither should he eat.

I don't get handed money - and I never will. I have to work!

There is an inverse relationship between reliance on the state and self-reliance.