Tom Hodgkinson Quotes

I try to deal with the poverty gap - to do policies for all of us rather than only for the wealthy.

Pope Francis emphatically does not buy the argument that poverty can be alleviated by the 'trickle down' effects of wealth creation. He is deaf to arguments that the global economy has brought a billion people out of poverty. He is convinced, in short, that the best and only way to expel poverty is fairer distribution of the world's goods.

Income inequity has to be addressed.

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

My mission is to eradicate poverty.

I want to eradicate poverty. I think that there's a tremendous passion for that inside the World Bank.

We want an economic team, Paul Krugman and Robert Kuttner, Joseph Steiglitz's people and others, who say, you know what? We're sophisticated economists but we're concerned about poor and working people.

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

Prohibiting Poverty

This country is very good at creating wealth, but not very good at distributing it.

There should be whole-hearted, full commitment to remove poverty - only we are doing it.

It is our sacred obligation to eliminate the curse of poverty in the shortest possible time. This is non-negotiable for the Republic.

Poverty can't be eliminated by punishing people who've escaped poverty.

We must create a kind of globalization that works for everyone... and not just for a few.

The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much it is whether we provide enough for those who have little.

Diamonds are a key component in the campaign to make poverty history.

Franklin Roosevelt said the test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance to those who have much; it is whether we provide enough to those who have too little. This reconciliation package fails that test as well.

The only way to have a better world and end poverty is by closing the gap between the top and the bottom.

Conservatives believe the economy functions better if the rich have more money and everyone else has less. But they're wrong. It's just the opposite.

We cannot afford to leave the poor behind.

I contend that, in spite of all that might be said about Watergate, Richard Nixon was good for the poor people of America.

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

You learn pretty fast that there is no magic solution to poverty.

Poverty-fighting programs are not handouts - they are investments.

There was never a war on poverty. Maybe there was a skirmish on poverty.