George Gilder Quotes

There is no question in the world that educating a girl is good for her country and good for her. The challenge is, is it good for her parents who are living in extreme poverty, who need the girl's help to take care of getting firewood, water, taking care of young children?

The poorhouse is vanishing from among us.... We ... today are nearer to the final triumph over poverty than ever before in the history of any land.... We shall soon ... be in sight of the day when poverty will be banished from this nation.

Preventing poverty beats curing it.

We will not rest until this war [on poverty] is won.

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

As for poverty, no one need be ashamed to admit it, the real shame is in not taking practical measures to escape from it.

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.

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.

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

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

With the right support, a child growing up in a dysfunctional household, who was destined for a lifetime on benefits could be put on an entirely different track - one which sees them move into fulfilling and sustainable work. In doing so, they will pull themselves out of poverty.

Even the best community organizations and faith-based initiatives and the extraordinary charity of Americans across the country can't carry the brunt of eliminating poverty.

Alleviating poverty would be the Bank's overarching objective.

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

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

The best way poor people can come out of their poverty is to get on the global highway, not on some dirt side road.

In America today, we are nearer a final triumph over poverty than is any other land.

An important lever for sustained action in tackling poverty and reducing hunger is money.

Reducing poverty is in our own interest.

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

This administration today, here and now, declares unconditional war on poverty in America.

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

God wants us to show compassion and understanding toward the unemployed or the poor not because they are poor, but because poor people, with help from those who are already successful, can become rich. And when the poor become rich, all will benefit, because in our modern economy new unemployment is the first sign of economic growth.

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

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