People from both political parties have long recognized that welfare without work creates negative incentives that lead to permanent poverty. It robs people of self-esteem.
- Mitt RomneyWe must overcome the notion that we must be regular... it robs you of the chance to be extraordinary and leads you to the mediocre.
- Uta HagenIt`s so rare, so that`s why research gets so little funding. But for young people, and anyone with it, it robs them out of huge bits of their lives.
- Donna WhiteNo passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear.
- Abbie AlftThe estate tax punishes years of hard work and robs families of part of their heritage by imposing a huge penalty on inheritance after death - a tax on money that has already been taxed.
- Amarri JacksonA government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.
- George Bernard ShawWorry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, it only saps today of its joy.
- Leo F. BuscagliaThere is a direct link between the federal tax cut of 2001 and state tax increases in 2003. When the federal government`s mistakes force states to raise their taxes, it not only robs Peter to pay Paul, but it hurts hard-working families and it undermines our economy`s strength.
- Senator John KerryWhereas wine disorders the mental faculties, opium introduces amongst them the most exquisite order, legislation and harmony. Wine robs a man of self-possession; opium greatly invigorates it.
- Thomas De Quincey