"When the people find they can vote themselves money,
that will herald the end of the republic." -- Benjamin Franklin
(1706-1790) US Founding Father
http://liberty-tree.ca/qb/Benjamin.Franklin.Quote.CC66

"Repeal that [welfare] law, and you will soon see a change in
their manners. ... Six days shalt thou labor, though one of
the old commandments long treated as out of date, will again be
looked upon as a respectable precept; industry will increase,
and with it plenty among the lower people; their circumstances
will mend, and more will be done for their happiness by inuring
them to provide for themselves, than could be done by dividing
all your estates among them." -- Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) 
US Founding Father
http://liberty-tree.ca/qb/Benjamin.Franklin.Quote.D8DC