If we take the route of the permanent handout, the American character will itself be impoverished. (Proposal to reform welfare programs)
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It is my right to be uncommon. For I do not choose to be a common man, If I can, I seek opportunity. I do not wish to be a kept citizen, humbled and dulled by having the government look after me. I choose to take the calculated risk, to dream, to build, to fail or succeed. I choose not to barter incentive for a dole, I prefer the challenges of life to a guaranteed existence, the thrill of fulfillment to the state calm of Utopia. I will not trade my freedom for beneficence nor my dignity for a handout.
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If we take the route of the permanent handout, the American character will itself be impoverished.
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We are not asking the White House, and we are not asking the federal government or anyone in Washington to bail us out, ... We are not asking to go and get a handout. We just want our fair share.
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