Elderly Support Quotes

Social Security is a cruel hoax … unjust, unworkable … and wastefully financed.

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

The work of the youth is a blanket for the old.

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

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

So virtuous are the programs said to be - pensions for the elderly, compensation for the unemployed, medicine for the sick, and assistance for the disabled - few dare ring the alarm of looming economic catastrophe that threatens to destabilize the civil society.

My mother, Carmen, cleaned houses and took care of elderly people.

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

I want to protect and preserve social security and Medicare.

The commandment to honor parents was given to ensure that the elderly, although they may not feel wanted by family or society, are still given their appropriate reward.

I don't support getting rid of Social Security.

[Social Security ] is not in crisis at this stage. Leave Social Security alone. We have a lot of other places we can look that is in crisis. But Social Security is not.

I am proud that we worked so hard to improve seniors' lives.

I will continue to support legislation that provides American families and Seniors affordable health care.

I stand for expanded Social Security and more real benefits. Believe me, sir, if I’m president, I’ll give you older folks action not just sympathy.

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

My sister told me: 'You need to have a baby so that you've got someone to look after you when you're old.' And I was like: 'Hang on - I thought that's what the NHS was for? Unless the NHS is that screwed by the time I'm old, you've literally had to give birth to your own medical professional.'

At the end of my life, I was told to vote for it for pensioners; I' m not in favour of means tests for pensioners or anybody.

As we get older, it's important for us to help hand back some of what we've gained as we've grown older. It should be one of your responsibilities - it's almost like being a mentor.

Without Social Security benefits, more than 40 percent of Americans 65 years and older would live below the federal poverty line. Even more striking is that Social Security is the only source of retirement income for almost a quarter of elderly beneficiaries.

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

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

The fastest-growing population in the United States is the older people, because we are living much longer, healthier lives. The problem is, individuals often don't have the resources to take care of older people as they age. This is something that is happening, and we have to deal with it. It was happening also in my life.

You're not going to fix things by helping 65-year-olds or 75-year-olds for any long run.

We need to preserve programs like Social Security and Medicare for our seniors of today and tomorrow. But we need to strengthen both Social Security and Medicare to make sure these programs are still available for future generations.