Niall Ferguson Quotes

We need fundamental change. In the past, national development led to people's happiness but now the link between national growth and improvement in people's lives has been severed.

No country now in transition will be able to accommodate demands for either economic security or social justice anytime soon.

Poverty is not inevitable. It is a human ill that we can fight if we decide to do so together.

Economic development and poverty alleviation are so complicated that I don't think there's a single background or a single discipline that is sufficient to tackle these great human problems.

If we fix our economic system and invest in the human capital of the poor, then we should welcome every new person born as a source of betterment for our world and all of us on it.

Attacking poverty is very expensive, and means doing things politically that are either impossible or very difficult to bring off.

In the 21st century, the best anti-poverty program is a world class education.

The only way to beat poverty in America is to completely transform American public education

A universal voucher program would change the face of poverty in this country.

Middle-income countries need to attend to the education of their poorest people to build their economies and ensure long-term stability.

When you question this war on poverty, you get all the criticisms from adherents to the status quo who just don't want to see anything change. We got to have the courage to face that down, just as we did in the welfare reform of the late 1990s, and if we succeeded, we can help resuscitate this culture and get people back to work.

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

You are not going to lift everybody out of poverty through the kindness of wealthy people.

If we are serious about breaking cycles of poverty, we have to change this (economy).

Reforming the social structures which perpetuate poverty and the exclusion of the poor first requires a conversion of mind and heart.

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

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

Early investment in the lives of disadvantaged children will help reduce inequality, in both the short and the long run.

When you talk about war on poverty it doesn't mean very much; but if you can show to some degree this sort of thing then you can show a great deal more of how people are living and a very great percentage of our people today.

In a world where people are hungry for quick fixes and sound bites, for instant gratification, there's no patience for the long, slow rebuilding process: implementing after-school programs, hiring more community workers to act as mentors, adding more job training programs in marginalized areas.

With political will and strategic initiatives, we can prevent more and more of our global neighbors from falling into the abyss of poverty and instead give future generations the opportunities they need to rise to their fullest potential.

If we cannot provide excellent educational opportunities to all children, safe communities, quality health coverage, or robust and fair avenues towards wealth creation, then our nation will increasingly be in peril.

I think people are hungry for new ideas and leadership in the world of poverty alleviation. Most development programs are started and led by people with Ph.Ds in economics or policy. Samasource is part of a cadre of younger organizations headed by entrepreneurs from non-traditional backgrounds.

There has long been a debate in the aid community and in Africa about how to most effectively help situations of poverty in developing nations and underprivileged communities.

I do not want to speak about overpopulation or birth control, but I think education is the way to give new impetus to the poverty question.