Benjamin N. Cardozo Quotes

That country is the richest which nourishes the greatest number of noble and happy human beings.

Real freedom means opportunity and well-being. If it does not mean that, it means nothing.

Only a well fed, well housed, well schooled people can enjoy the blessings of liberty.

Obviously, education is hugely important, along with healthcare. They're the basics and you're hurting your own country if you don't pour money into them.

The seeds of success in every nation on Earth are best planted in women and children.

Health is the core of human development.

I'm pleased that some economists and sociologists are beginning to talk about, for example, alternative measures of human well-being - alternative, that is, to GDP, on which the world runs.

The problems of aging present an opportunity to rethink our social and personal lives in order to ensure the dignity and welfare of each individual.

The first duty of government is to see that people have food, fuel, and clothes. The second, that they have means of moral and intellectual education.

The government I led gave ordinary people peace, security, dignity, and opportunity to progress.

We must work to help all families and all communities realize their dream of a better future.

Above and beyond the question of how to grow the economy there is a legitimate concern about how to grow the quality of our lives.

The essence of government lies with unceasing concern for the welfare and dignity and decency and innate integrity of life for every individual.

Bend everything toward improving the standard of living of the people.

The public welfare is a broad and inclusive concept. The moral, social, economic and physical well-being is one part of it; the political well-being another.

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.

Men and women cannot be really free until they have plenty to eat, and time and ability to read and think and talk things over.

I come from a poor family, I have seen poverty. The poor need respect, and it begins with cleanliness.

You judge a society by how it treats its citizens. We must do our best to ensure that every child can live in comfort and security, with the best possible education.

Every single day matters when it comes to building a world where every person can live their life to the fullest.

Economic resources are not all that matter in people's lives.

My vision is to give the people of Iowa a place to call home that unleashes opportunity at every turn.

What matters is the well-being of the people.

We need better measures of people's expectations and levels of satisfaction, of how they spend their time, of their relations with other people... We need to focus on stocks as much as on flows, and we need to broaden the range of assets that we consider important to sustain our well-being.

I can't stand by, the Liberal Democrats will not stand by, to see disabled people lose their rights, lose the care they need, when they need it the most.