Condoleezza Rice on Welfare & Poverty

Secretary of State

Turn toward entitlement tears apart the fabric of who we

Americans have believed that you might not be able to control your circumstances but you can control your response to your circumstances.

If we do anything less, we can damage generations [with] joblessness and hopelessness and life on the government dole. If we do anything less, we will endanger our global imperatives for competitiveness. And if we do anything less, we will tear apart the fabric of who we are and cement the turn toward entitlement and grievance.

Source: 2012 Republican National Convention speech , Aug 29, 2012

Click here for definitions & background information on Welfare & Poverty. Click here for policy papers on Welfare & Poverty. Click here for a profile of Condoleezza Rice. Click here for VoteMatch responses by Condoleezza Rice.
*Other candidates on Welfare & Poverty:*	*Condoleezza Rice on other issues:*
*Obama Administration:* Pres.Barack Obama V.P.Joe Biden Outgoing:State:Hillary Clinton Incoming:State:John Kerry DHS:Janet Napolitano Outgoing:DoD:Robert Gates Incoming:DoD:Chuck Hagel A.G.:Eric Holder Treas.:Tim Geithner *Former Bush Administration:* State:Colin Powell State:Condi Rice EPA:Christie Whitman *Former Clinton Administration:* HUD:Andrew Cuomo V.P.Al Gore Labor:Robert Reich A.G.:Janet Reno	Abortion Budget/Economy Civil Rights Corporations Crime Drugs Education Energy/Oil Environment Families/Children Foreign Policy Free Trade Govt. Reform Gun Control Health Care Homeland Security Immigration Infrastructure/Technology Jobs Principles/Values Social Security Tax Reform War/Iraq/Mideast Welfare/Poverty

Page last updated: Apr 29, 2013