Narendra Modi Quotes

Can we not wage a war and emerge victorious against poverty. Let us defeat poverty.

My mission is to eradicate poverty.

Some years ago, the federal government declared war on poverty, and poverty won.

My only aim is the welfare of the poor of my country and the poor of states like Uttar Pradesh.

I want to eradicate poverty. I think that there's a tremendous passion for that inside the World Bank.

Prohibiting Poverty

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

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

Th direct elimination of elimination of poverty should be the objective of all development aid. Development should be viewed as a human rights issue, not as a question of simply increasing the gross national product (GNP).

My development parameter is very simple. It is about how the poorest of the poor can benefit from development.

There is nothing new about poverty. What is new, however, is that we have the resources to get rid of it.

For the first time in human history, society has the capacity, the knowledge and the resources to eradicate poverty

We must win the war on poverty by enlisting the greatest weapon ever invented - free enterprise

Our efforts to help the poor does not mean we're going to eradicate poverty.

Poverty is the frontier we have to be able to cross.

Eradicate poverty. This is all that matters in my country. When I am out training I think about this a lot; when I am running it is going over in my mind. As a country we cannot move forward until we eradicate poverty.

America has a critical place to play in the end of extreme poverty.

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

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

Trickle-down theories do not address the legitimate aspirations of the poor. We must lift those at the bottom so that poverty is erased from the dictionary of modern India.

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.

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

We used to wage war on poverty—not poor people.

Abolish Poverty

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