Answers: A-Herbert Hoover B-Franklin D Roosevelt C-Bill Clinton D-Harry Truman E-Dwight D Eisenhower F- George W Bush G-John F Kennedy H-Lyndon B Johnson I-Richard Nixon J-Gerald Ford K-Jimmy Carter L-Ronald Reagan M-Geaorge HW Bush N-Barack Obama

Richard Nixon Richard Barack Obama Barack

its system of public welfare.” public of system its

make a difference in people’s lives.” people’s in difference a make

programs is a world-class education.” world-class a is programs

efforts to help the poor and especially in in especially and poor the help to efforts

And with this hopeful approach, we will will we approach, hopeful this with And

“In the 21st century, one of the best anti-poverty anti-poverty best the of one century, 21st the “In

been more tragically apparent than in its its in than apparent tragically more been

to insist on responsibility and results. results. and responsibility on insist to

Nowhere has the failure of government government of failure the has Nowhere N

fellow citizens in need. It is conservative conservative is It need. in citizens fellow and family.” and

compassionate to actively help our our help actively to compassionate master the challenges we face. face. we challenges the master fundamental values of work, responsibility, responsibility, work, of values fundamental

compassionate conservatism. It is is It conservatism. compassionate continuing capacity of government to to government of capacity continuing broken welfare system by promoting the the promoting by system welfare broken

“I call my philosophy and approach approach and philosophy my call “I among citizens everywhere—about the the everywhere—about citizens among

welfare as we know it and transform our our transform and it know we as welfare George W Bush W George Johnson B Lyndon

gentler nation.” nation.” gentler

only among our young people, but but people, young our among only

provides an historic opportunity to end end to opportunity historic an provides

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Well I am moved. I want a kinder, kinder, a want I moved. am I Well

find increasing skepticism—and not not skepticism—and increasing find “While far from perfect, this legislation legislation this perfect, from far “While

are not moved? moved? not are It is no accident, therefore, that we we that therefore, accident, no is It

not for what it ended, but for what it began.” it what for but ended, it what for not

must act as if we do not care, as if we we if as care, not do we if as act must

whether they are still adequate to the times. times. the to adequate still are they whether

but I hope this day will be remembered remembered be will day this hope I but it,

things. But where is it written that we we that written it is where But things.

not a way of life at all in any true sense.” true any in all at life of way a not institutions, and raised serious questions about about questions serious raised and institutions,

“Today, we are ending welfare as we know know we as welfare ending are we “Today,

insufficiently tough to care about these these about care to tough insufficiently

scientists, the hopes of its children. This is is This children. its of hopes the scientists, has strained our our strained has change and growth

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love. Some would say it’s soft and and soft it’s say would Some love.

sweat of its laborers, the genius of its its of genius the laborers, its of sweat A third of a century of unprecedented unprecedented of century a of third A

that there’s such a thing as reliable reliable as thing a such there’s that

John F Kennedy F John Bill Clinton Bill spending money alone. It is spending the the spending is It alone. money spending

their purposes. purposes. their

troubled children through your presence presence your through children troubled

are not clothed. This world in arms is not not is arms in world This clothed. not are

that have outlived their time or outgrown outgrown or time their outlived have that

her work in literacy. It means teaching teaching means It literacy. in work her

and are not fed, those who are cold and and cold are who those fed, not are and

left us a legacy of entrenched programs programs entrenched of legacy a us left

and I thank my wife Barbara for all all for Barbara wife my thank I and

poverty-ridden old age.“ old poverty-ridden final sense, a theft from those who hunger hunger who those from theft a sense, final

A third of a century of social experiment has has experiment social of century a of third A

unhappy home learn how to read— to how learn home unhappy

family against the loss of a job and against against and job a of loss the against family launched, every rocket fired signifies in the the in signifies fired rocket every launched,

It means helping a child from an an from child a helping means It cumbersome, unresponsive, ineffective. ineffective. unresponsive, cumbersome,

protection to the average citizen and to his his to and citizen average the to protection “Every gun that is made, every warship warship every made, is that gun “Every

concrete by certain acts of goodness. goodness. of acts certain by concrete has produced a bureaucratic monstrosity, monstrosity, bureaucratic a produced has

law which will give some measure of of measure some give will which law

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taking your idealism and making it it making and idealism your taking power and responsibility in Washington Washington in responsibility and power of life, but we have tried to frame a a frame to tried have we but life, of

grow. Prosperity with a purpose means means purpose a with Prosperity grow.

A third of a century of centralizing centralizing of century a of third A

percent of the hazards and vicissitudes vicissitudes and hazards the of percent George HW Bush HW George Eisenhower D Dwight

angels,’ to give us time to think and and think to time us give to angels,’

of the population against one hundred hundred one against population the of in the capacity of government to do its job. job. its do to government of capacity the in

It is to allow us to pursue ’the better better ’the pursue to us allow to is It

“We can never insure one hundred percent percent hundred one insure never can “We at the same time, a crisis of confidence confidence of crisis a time, same the at and

that he is capable of performing.” of capable is he that

“The fact is prosperity has a purpose. purpose. a has prosperity is fact “The

“We face an urban crisis, a social crisis— social a crisis, urban an face “We

children and the prevention of ill health. “ health. ill of prevention the and children education, or from good health, or from a job job a from or health, good from or education,

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increased services for the protection of of protection the for services increased

I citizen of the United States of America from an an from America of States United the of citizen

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through old-age pensions and through through and pensions old-age through prejudice or artificial distinction should bar any any bar should distinction artificial or prejudice

through unemployment compensation, compensation, unemployment through of individual life. We believe that no unfair unfair no that believe We life. individual of

our citizens who will reap direct benefits benefits direct reap will who citizens our

one another in the hazards and struggles struggles and hazards the in another one

Ronald Reagan Ronald Truman Harry

least some protection to thirty millions of of millions thirty to protection some least

have pledged our common resources to help help to resources common our pledged have charitable concern.” charitable or

with opportunity.” with

“This social security measure gives at at gives measure security social “This

unnecessary as preventable disease. We We disease. preventable as unnecessary appropriate barometer of social conscience conscience social of barometer appropriate

Our task is to help replace their despair despair their replace help to is task Our

poverty is just as wasteful and just as as just and wasteful as just is poverty “The size of the federal budget is not an an not is budget federal the of size “The B B

color, and all too many because of both. both. of because many too all and color,

The American people have decided that that decided have people American The

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their poverty, and some because of their their of because some and poverty, their L

should be created for the benefit of all. of benefit the for created be should the outskirts of hope—some because of of because hope—some of outskirts the

a democratic foundation and that wealth wealth that and foundation democratic a

“Unfortunately, many Americans live on on live Americans many “Unfortunately,

consumers themselves.” themselves.” consumers

that our economic system should rest on on rest should system economic our that

Americans to join with me in that effort.” effort.” that in me with join to Americans

the economic body—the producers and and producers body—the economic the

of national prosperity. Instead, we believe believe we Instead, prosperity. national of

Jimmy Carter Jimmy Roosevelt D Franklin

in America. I urge this Congress and all all and Congress this urge I America. in be healed by the action of the cells of of cells the of action the by healed be

treat their weakest and most helpless citizens.” helpless most and weakest their treat

abandoned the “trickle-down” concept concept “trickle-down” the abandoned

declares unconditional war on poverty poverty on war unconditional declares pronouncement. Economic wounds must must wounds Economic pronouncement.

“The measure of a society is found in how they they how in found is society a of measure “The

the hands of a privileged few. We have We few. privileged a of hands the

“This administration today, here and now, now, and here today, administration “This

cured by legislative action or executive executive or action legislative by cured

H the fortunes of the Nation should be in in be should Nation the of fortunes the

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“Economic depression cannot be be cannot depression “Economic

H rejected the discredited theory that that theory discredited the rejected

and in extending their benefits. We have have We benefits. their extending in and nation.”

in protecting those values and principles principles and values those protecting in when poverty will be banished from this this from banished be will poverty when

we cherish; but we are forward-looking forward-looking are we but cherish; we with the help of God, be in sight of the day day the of sight in be God, of help the with enough to take from you everything you have.” you everything you from take to enough

about the values and principles which which principles and values the about

policies of the last eight years, we shall soon, soon, shall we years, eight last the of policies are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.” are who few the save cannot it poor, are

everything you want is a government big government a is want you everything

Gerald Ford Gerald Hoover Herbert

“In this society, we are conservative conservative are we society, this “In “Given a chance to go forward with the the with forward go to chance a “Given “If a free society cannot help the many who who many the help cannot society free a “If you give to enough big government “A

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