Naveen Patnaik Quotes

Giving a poor person money keeps them poor.

Policy makers still think that if we just hand out more money the world's problems will be solved.

I believe that Prime Minister Modi will respond positively to development projects for backward areas. That is why I am promising them.

You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich.

You see, the poverty program for the last five years have been buy-off programs.

We do not have a money problem in America. We have a values and priorities problem.

Safety nets for the poor and disadvantaged are a must for any compassionate nation, but encouraging folks to go on the dole when not absolutely necessary is disgraceful.

It is because of me that today the union government has sanctioned special funds for the development of Bihar.

Nigeria is like everywhere, really: there are some beautiful places that have been invested in and others that haven't been.

I don't believe in welfare.

Most of us working on poverty alleviation simply want to know, 'How much poverty can I reduce for every dollar I donate?'

The needs of the poor take priority over the desires of the rich

Money is like manure. If it's concentrated in a big pile it really begins to stink, but if it's spread around a lot, it can do a lot of good.

Distribution of the wealth of the world is something for which no one sees a practical solution

The distribution of wealth is just as important as its creation.

I’m really not concerned about the very poor. They have a safety net.

We don’t want to turn this [social] safety net into a hammock that ends up lulling people in their lives into dependency and complacency.

We just don’t have enough money to be trying to create nations.

We must remember that self-reliance and eradication of poverty demands - indeed, compel - the present generation to bear hardship and make sacrifices. Those who are employed have a duty to the future of India. They have to be more productive and consume less so that resources can be made available for investment and for programmes to help poor.

Some parents struggle to put food on the table. And plenty of women aren't getting the pay they deserve. While I don't expect the government to solve all these problems, I do want leaders who care about these things and do what they can to help.

It's not fair that people save and work and pay for phones from whatever funds they have, and other people get them for free.

I could never understand why our lives felt like a struggle while those living off government largesse enjoyed trinkets that I only dreamed about.

European officials thought that austerity was part of what they called their 'convergence policies,' of trying to bring countries together. Instead, it actually made things worse. There's more inequality within countries and more disparity across countries.

There's not a lot of wealth throughout all the country shared equally.

Well-designed subsidies help the poor make the best of whatever opportunities they have; poorly designed ones either do very little or actually make things worse for them.