Ram Nath Kovind Quotes

Trickle-down theories do not address the legitimate aspirations of the poor. We must lift those at the bottom so that poverty is erased from the dictionary of modern India.

We make the future sustainable when we invest in the poor, not when we insist on their suffering.

Irrespective of economic theories, we will take decisions in the larger interest of the poor people.

Through my studies, I became increasingly disillusioned with the international aid system. I think we systematically deny poor people the chance to engage as equals in the global economic order. At best, we give them handouts or tiny loans and hope they will suffer a bit less from extreme poverty. We don't view them as equals.

I want to fight poverty and ignorance and give opportunity to those people who are locked out.

If you don't improve the lives of the poor, it's not charity.

Let’s make the poor richer.

We used to wage war on poverty—not poor people.

Our government has been pro-poor, progressive, and people-oriented.

The World Bank and others have been converted to conditional cash transfers (CCT). These provide poor people with cash on condition they send their children to school and for medical treatment.

The Modi government started several welfare schemes for poor and realised the dream of corruption-free India.

For me, as the Government of India, the interest of the poorest of the poorest is paramount.

An economy growing at 7 percent per year, can and must find the resources to improve the lives of its millions of poor.

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.

The great responsibility that we have today is to put the poor and the near poor back on front of the American agenda.

There are many commitments I have made for reducing poverty. One is to reform social security. Social security reaches only 44 percent of Mexicans. One of my goals is to give social security to all the people.

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.

We think the way out of poverty is to view the poor as producers, and the Internet is probably the most efficient tool we have for tapping this capacity. Because you don't need roads. You don't need customs officials who are friendly. You don't need to manage shipping and delivery schedules. You don't have to worry about tariffs.

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.

Economic success without accountability and social inclusion is not sustainable, and new governments often must face tough choices in order to protect the poor and vulnerable.

We've got to take care of the poor.

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

I founded Samasource because I was frustrated by traditional approaches to poverty alleviation. Even those approaches focused on jobs often equip poor people with skills for which there is little market demand.