Arthur C. Brooks Quotes

Let’s make the poor richer.

I see an America where poverty is defeated by opportunity, not enabled by a government check.

Economic growth is the key to everything. But once you have economic growth, it is important that we reach out to people who live in the shadows, the people who don't seem to ever think that they get a fair deal. And that includes people in our minority community; that includes people who feel as though they don't have a chance to move up.

I have committed my life to helping the poor, and I believe that if more companies followed Wal-Mart's lead in providing opportunity and savings to those who need it most, more Americans battling poverty would realize the American dream.

You need massive recruitment to tell the poorest of the poor what is possible.

What we need is a safety net that lifts people out of poverty - that helps them earn a good paycheck so they can support themselves.

What animates me in politics are the economic issues of opportunity.

We must win the war on poverty by enlisting the greatest weapon ever invented - free enterprise

Since I became First Minister, I have made clear my priority to alleviate poverty and tackle inequality in Scotland. Ensuring that everyone can do better in life will not only make Scotland fairer, but it will also make it a more prosperous place.

Eradicate poverty. This is all that matters in my country. When I am out training I think about this a lot; when I am running it is going over in my mind. As a country we cannot move forward until we eradicate poverty.

Economic growth is the key. Economic growth is the key to everything. But once you have economic growth, it is important that we reach out to people who live in the shadows, the people who don't seem to ever think that they get a fair deal.

People everywhere in the world are hungry for economic opportunity. And it's about a lot more than being able to make money.

Our goals for this nation must be nothing less than to double the size of our economy and bring prosperity and jobs, ownership and equality of opportunity to all Americans, especially those living in our nation's pockets of poverty.

Haiti's economy cannot be built by and benefit just a privileged few. It must be built by and benefit all Haitians.

Taking responsible steps to reduce poverty is not merely a moral imperative but an economic one.

There are many programs specifically aimed at helping people in poverty start a business.

I am for doing good to the poor, but I differ in opinion about the means. I think the best way of doing good to the poor is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it.

I don't mind the rich getting richer, but the poor shouldn't be getting poorer, and there should be more people moving into the middle class.

I would like to solemnly reaffirm, that poverty is not a fatality.

If we are going to get a single mother off welfare and make her work, we should certainly make the private corporations contribute to the effort by giving up the over $1 Trillion of corporate welfare.

You must not embark on programs to curb economic growth without placing a priority on maintaining income, so that the poorest people won’t simply be further depressed in their condition but will have a share, and be able to live decently.

The best social programs we've had in this country are those that have united the middle class and the poor.

The poorhouse is vanishing from among us.... We ... today are nearer to the final triumph over poverty than ever before in the history of any land.... We shall soon ... be in sight of the day when poverty will be banished from this nation.

The war on poverty is not a struggle simply to support people, to make them dependent on the generosity of others. It is a struggle to give people a chance.

Prohibiting Poverty