There are many commitments I have made for reducing…

Do you know what social justice is? Do you know what social reform is? I didn't either, but reform and social justice are what…

— Silvio Santos

Growth is improving the lot of the poor in many countries, reducing poverty by half since 1981. Freer trade could accelerate progress.

— Francois Bourguignon

I regret that we weren't able to reform Social Security. The fact that we weren't able to when we had majorities in the House…

— George W. Bush

Gender equality is more than a goal in itself. It is a precondition for meeting the challenge of reducing poverty, promoting sustainable development and…

— Kofi Annan

Time and again we’ve seen that reducing poverty comes down to economic opportunity-not just connecting the poor to services like banking, but ensuring they…

— Leila Janah

Raising the minimum wage would be a positive step in reducing poverty, the humiliation of living in poverty, and dependence on public assistance.

— Ron Crumpton

Sometimes going to jail is just the price you have to pay for social reform or social change.

— Paul Watson

I think we can reform Social Security without raising taxes, which is better for economic growth.

— Margaret Hoover

Encouraging self-sufficiency must be a bedrock for our immigration policy, with the goal of reducing poverty, strengthening the family, and promoting our economic values.…

— Jeff Sessions

Chile needs to unite behind the goals of reducing poverty and creating more equal opportunities so that everyone can benefit from what the country…

— Michelle Bachelet

Capitalism with near-full employment was an impressive spectacle. But a growth in wealth is not at all the same thing as reducing poverty. A…

— Joan Robinson

“Although reducing poverty, economic insecurity, malnutrition and ill-health should be the primary driving forces, an additional factor is the stress being placed on societies…

— Guy Standing

I'm the guy that has written at great length about exactly how we should profoundly reform Social Security. If I were afraid of going…

— Pat Toomey

People expect those in authority to take on big problems and to solve them. We had an opportunity to reform Social Security in a…

— George W. Bush

Without significant reform, the Social Security Administration will be legally and financially unable to pay full promised benefits within a generation.

— Ron Lewis