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I didn't have the welfare. I didn't have the proper education. I didn't have these things. That's why it's almost like a complex in me that I want to explode myself in my films.

— Bahman Ghobadi

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I don't believe in welfare.

— Charles Evers

We were below welfare. We begged from people on welfare. My father tried to repair our shoes with pieces of bicycle tires.

— Frank McCourt

The real purpose of welfare is to get rid of poor people entirely. Everybody knows welfare has bad effects; that's the point.

— P. J. O'Rourke

Over time, the welfare state has become dysfunctional in a surprising way. But in a way it became a victim of its own success: It became so successful at prolonging life, that it becomes financially unsustainable, unless you make major changes to things like retirement ages.

— Niall Ferguson

I believe welfare makes you lazy and unproductive.

— Charles Evers

We were on welfare when we were kids. Thanks for reminding me of that.

— Louie Anderson

My mother and I were on welfare and food stamps until I was 18, so I've always had this ethos of, like, 'try and make a little bit of money now because you don't know what's going to happen tomorrow.'

— Moby

I understand welfare because I lived it. I understand the difference between a want and a need. The Republican Party promised to bring welfare change. We must deliver on this promise.

— Paul LePage

My mom raised us three boys by herself on welfare. It's not worse than anybody else's life.

— Jeffrey Donovan

✗Opposing Perspectives

I became married at a young age and had two daughters and divorced at 26. I had to go on welfare to make ends meet. I had no way to support myself.

— Clarissa Pinkola Estes