Lyndon B. Johnson Quotes

Prohibiting Poverty

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.

And I do not intend to lead a state where we simply tolerate poverty in our communities.

We cannot afford to leave the poor behind.

Helping those who have been struck by unforeseeable misfortunes is fundamentally different from making dependency a way of life.

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

I would like to solemnly reaffirm, that poverty is not a fatality.

Reducing poverty is in our own interest.

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

Destroy poverty, that source of crime, by assuring to each the satisfaction of all needs! And how difficult is this to achieve?

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

Sometimes well-intentioned programs can lead to dependency and cause us to forget we have what it takes to attain the American dream.

When our economy is truly healthy, and everyone rises with the tide of prosperity, then issues such as the lack of affordable housing, homelessness, and hunger are greatly diminished.

My goal is to eradicate poverty. I think we can't have equality until we eradicate poverty.

The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much it is whether we provide enough for those who have little.

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.

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

We are one of the richest countries in the world, and there is absolutely no reason why anyone should have to live in poverty.

These are tough times and under this Tory-led government many people in Manchester are suffering and getting left behind. If elected I will use all my energy, skills, experience and knowledge to stand up for our communities and get things done for the better.

There was never a war on poverty. Maybe there was a skirmish on poverty.

If we can spend the money to put a man on the moon, we ought to be able to find the funds to put a man on his feet.

We will continue to move from misery to poverty with dignity.

We justify the greater and greater accumulation of capital because we believe that therefrom flows the support of all science, art, learning, and the charities which minister to the humanities of life, all carrying their beneficent effects to the people as a whole. Unless this is measurably true our system of civilization ought to stand condemned.

Preventing poverty beats curing it.

Equality begins with economic empowerment.