Peter Munk Quotes

Roosevelt talked not only about Freedom from Fear, but also Freedom from Want.

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.

We need to make sure middle-class people are able to pay the bills. We need to make sure that poor people don't starve. Those are values, too.

Until economic freedom is attained for everybody, there can be no real freedom for anybody.

Without economic security, liberty is not worth having.

… poor people deserve access to food, education, housing, and medical services

The fact that anyone lives in America is the single reason poverty is never a death sentence, and transforms it instead into - at worst - an obstacle on the path to a better life and road to freedom and success.

Wealth is the ultimate panacea to poverty.

Poverty must be reduced not only for reasons of moral and justice, but also of security.

I believe in preferring the sanctity of human rights to the sanctity of property rights. I believe that the chief concern of government shall be for the poor because, as it is witnessed, the rich have ample means of their own to care for themselves.

Democracy is liberty plus economic security. We Americans want to pray, think as we please—and eat regular.

Preventing poverty beats curing it.

China is a developing country and we regard subsistence as the fundamental human right.

Destroy poverty, that source of crime, by assuring to each the satisfaction of all needs! And how difficult is this to achieve?

The paramount question of the day is not political, is not religious, but is economic. The crying-out demand of today is for a circle of principles that shall forever make it impossible for one man to control another by controlling the means of his existence.

Poverty is not just about income: it's about aspiration. It's not just about giving people a couple of extra pounds a week, welcome though that is.

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.

When you talk about black entrepreneurship, you're talking about addressing the foundation of what's going on with our people when we don't have any financial power. Our basic needs aren't being met in a lot of cases, so there's no way we're going to be able to tap into our potential until we address those bottom-level base needs.

My goal is to eradicate poverty. I think we can't have equality until we eradicate poverty.

As someone who has dealt with economic hardship, I am committed to making the changes necessary for our country to become more equitable. And to do so, I believe we need to think big.

Money is like manure. It's most effective when it's spread around widely.

Money is the great equalizer.

The people of my country want the two freedoms that spell security: freedom from want and freedom from fear.

I believe that when people have an occupation that allows them to provide for their families, the social dimension of human nature will emerge instinctively and lead people to help and organize others less privileged.

I want the people of the Philippines to be happy, even if they have nothing.