Kenneth Langone Quotes

Poverty is poverty. At the end of the day, people want a job.

Egypt's problem is that you've got an economy that works for about 40 million people, only you have 90 million people. The answer to the Egyptian problem is not guns, but jobs. We've got to find a private-sector, nongovernmental, aggressive way of creating jobs. That's not America's role totally.

Federal assistance helps millions of Americans escape poverty every year by providing the stability needed to take advantage of new opportunities. In fact, it is our safety net that allows full participation in the economy. More Americans purchasing goods means more Americans making them, which means more American jobs.

If you want to cut down crime in America, give people some jobs.

You cannot fight poverty unless you have stability.

By strengthening the economy, providing job opportunity and meeting the needs of working families, we can ensure the continued prosperity of our nation.

Let's take care of the necessities first: give people jobs, and find a way to get us out of poverty.

We can't afford as a nation - not because of money but because of our social fabric - to have large numbers of people who are not working.

I don't give a damn about the stock market. But I do care about jobs.

Without better economic opportunity, you can't have better public security and vice versa.

Without economic growth and job creation in Mexico, we won't be able to confront the migratory phenomenon.

A large part of crime is economics - if people are working and and have a home and family to support, then I believe you can reduce the crime rate.

What America is thirsting for now is a battalion of strong, down-to-earth 'doers' - managers, frontline activists, business and social entrepreneurs engaged in tackling America's manifold problems of unemployment, education, and competitive slouch.

What the mayors care about is, 'How can I get money to invest in the infrastructure in my city? How do we put people back to work, lower the unemployment rate, provide for job training programs? How do we make class sizes smaller and make investments in our children from an education standpoint?'

To those who say that our expenditures for Public Works and other means for recovery are a waste that we cannot afford, I answer that no country, however rich, can afford the waste of its human resources. Demoralization caused by vast unemployment is our greatest extravagance. Morally, it is the greatest menace to our social order.

To reduce inequality, employment must be sustained by appropriate macroeconomic policy.

Most people recognize that to create jobs is really the essential element in their drive against poverty.

The best route out of poverty, to avoid food bank usage, is to make sure more people get a job.

What's most important is to create jobs and protect businesses.

While Obama's economic policies have failed to spur growth, our anti-poverty programs have long failed to promote upward mobility and move people from welfare to work.

Merely slogans and statements will not remove poverty.

The benefits of a universal basic income overall are huge.

The goose lays the golden egg. Payrolls make consumers.

Look at any country that's plagued with poverty, disease or violence; the antidote is girls. Girls are the antibodies to many of society's ills.

Handouts are not going to end global poverty, but work - real work - just might.