Mitch McConnell Quotes

Social Security works better than any other program in the world. Why dismantle it now?

Social Security is a promise that we cannot and must not break.

Social Security is fundamentally strong.

Social Security has been effective for 70 years; prior predictions of its demise have been totally overstated.

We must work to stabilize Social Security. We must not gamble with our nation's social insurance program, one of our most popular and effective federal programs that has remained dependable and stable for the past 70 years.

When I look at Social Security, I consider it the most important social program in the United States, arguably the most successful program in the world.

Social Security is a family insurance program, not an investment scheme.

Social Security is the widest accepted contract in our society.

Social Security is unequivocally the one contract the country is overwhelmingly in favor of.

The Social Security System is the one great social policy achievement of the twentieth century.

The main purpose of Social Security is to redistribute wealth, to make an increasingly large number of Americans dependent on government for their basic needs in their retirement years.

The country will also need 'new forms of social welfare' instead of its current system which is excessively centred on pensions.

All Americans have a sacred duty to guarantee Social Security benefits to our nation's senior citizens.

I want to protect and preserve social security and Medicare.

Social Security is a program that should be strengthened and preserved for future generations.

Social Security is at last on the nation's front burner.

Social Security and Medicare are among the best things about America.

What's lost in this whole debate, unfortunately, is that Social Security is not a giveaway where we take money to give to other people. It's a contract with the government... that's worked for 75 years. It's the most successful government program that we've ever had.

Social Security is not broke, and Social Security does not need to be privatized.

To me, it is clear that the Social Security program is constitutional.

Well, let's go back to the original intent of Social Security. It is an insurance contract.

I believe that social security should be a universal retirement guarantee and not means tested.

It's hard to exaggerate the importance of preserving the financial integrity of Social Security.

I do not believe that the Social Security system is in crisis.

There is a lot of room for improvement in Social Security. We owe our children the most financially sound system possible. They will have paid into it their entire working lives. They deserve to be protected by it. for our children and grandchildren.