Henry Hazlitt Quotes

The best way to end poverty is to simply give people work, which isn't considered 'sexy' among donors who want to fund a preschool or cure a disease.

The only real cure for poverty is production.

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.

Most people recognize that to create jobs is really the essential element in their drive against poverty.

We need to create jobs across Africa and provide its growing population with a route out of poverty where they are.

I will go to the NAACP convention, and explain to the African-American community why they should demand paychecks instead of food stamps.

The thing most worth doing in this modern world [is to] create jobs that men can work at, and be proud of, and make money by their work.

The best social reform program in the world is a job.

Handouts are not going to end global poverty, but work - real work - just might.

Let's take care of the necessities first: give people jobs, and find a way to get us out of poverty.

Education can lift individuals out of poverty and into rewarding careers.

People everywhere in the world are hungry for economic opportunity. And it's about a lot more than being able to make money.

Camiguin, Romblon and Camarines Norte got out of the list of poorest provinces in 2003. With tourism, these provinces can become rich.

A generation of entrepreneurs will mop up poverty at a rate that no government ever could.

Infrastructure investments lead to jobs. And quality of life starts with a good job.

One of my key issues is economic empowerment.

A job is the best cure for poverty, and that's why economic development and job creation has been my principle focus.

Creating large numbers of decent jobs for young people is critical for achieving overall development objectives, from poverty reduction to better health and education.

I am running because I believe strongly that we need to get folks back to work and address the needs that the folks in the 1st Congressional District have in terms of employment and economic opportunity.

Through Gateway to Work, we can provide more of the workers our businesses need to thrive, and we can help give more of our families the opportunity to work their way to self-sufficiency and into the middle class.

We need to create jobs for 300,000 youth graduating from high school in the next three years. We need to produce growth so we can have an economic system that can turn our natural wealth into a productive system. We need services, because poverty reduction cannot take place without effective citizenship.

If you want to help the poor, don't be poor

We've got to get back to rebuilding the middle class, the families of America. That's where growth will come from.

I feel that one of the best things a person can do for another is to create a job. So you do OK commercially, and then you try to make a difference of some sort.

When you take the people who most need work and connect them with the work that most needs doing, you save. You save that young person’s life, you save a whole bunch of money, and you save the soul of this country when you invest and give people a chance, give people hope, give people opportunity.