Anti-poverty Quotes

If poverty were a man, I would have slain him.

Prohibiting Poverty

For me, democratic socialism is about - really, the value for me is that I believe that in a modern, moral, and wealthy society, no person in America should be too poor to live.

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

Through a policy driven approach we have wage a war against poverty and we are confident we will win this war.

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

We need a better strategy for poor people...because what we're doing isn't working.

When community action was put into federal law in the early sixties as part of the effort to combat poverty and social injustice, I supported it intellectually.

One of the things I want to do that's outside the realm of acting and the arts - although both have their place in this - is ending childhood hunger here in America.

My mission is to eradicate poverty.

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

Lula da Silva was my hero when he was president. I Googled him so many times. The fact that he got 20 million people out of poverty... that happened by encouraging entrepreneurship, by supporting small business.

Today is International Women's Day, and there's a fantastic set of pieces running by an organization called ONE called "Poverty Is Sexist." It's a great way to quickly learn about what's actually going on for women in poverty around the world, and then do something about it.

People don't need to become more aware of poverty - they need to know how to end it.

One of the best ways to fight poverty and to fight terrorism is to educate girls and bring women into the formal labor force.

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

The best anti-poverty program is a world-class education.

Nobody wants to remain poor. Those who are poor want to move away from poverty. That is why, all our programmes must be for the poor. All our schemes must serve the poor.

Social Security is a problem solving program, not a problem creating one .... Social Security is our best anti-poverty program.

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

In the 21st century, the best anti-poverty program is a world class education.

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).

Unions have been the best anti-poverty program that actually worked and did not cost the government a dime. But as unions grow smaller- not stronger- our ability to act as an economic mechanism to distribute the gains of our work and raise all workers' wages and benefits up is disappearing.

The government would devote all its effort to empower the poor and give them strength to fight poverty. Skill development would be accompanied by the spirit of Shrameva Jayate.

When poverty declines, the need for government declines, which is why expecting government to solve poverty is like expecting a tobacco company to mount an aggressive anti-smoking campaign.