It is conflict overall that mires people in poverty. That is the first law of development. — Andrew Mitchell Copy Share Image
There are many programs specifically aimed at helping people in poverty start a business. — Matthew Lesko Copy Share Image
Knowledge is power. Education is the most important way to get people out of poverty. — Kul Takanao Wadhwa Copy Share Image
I believe that capitalism is the one thing in this world that's brought people out of poverty. — Rick Harrison Copy Share Image
We live in a country with a vast majority of people below the poverty line. Our natural resources are limited and getting… — Amala Akkineni Copy Share Image
I'm not sure there's another way to help move more people out of poverty than to raise the minimum wage. — John Hickenlooper Copy Share Image
Simply put, unsustainable debt is helping to keep too many poor countries and poor people in poverty. — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
People see poverty all around them in India, but they are desensitized or immune to it. I came to the conclusion that… — Mohnish Pabrai Copy Share Image
“We lived among people whose poverty could be seen in the length of their faces, in their tired speech and in the… — T. Greenwood Copy Share Image
Christ came to transform us from never enough people - to more than enough people; that through his poverty we may become… — Miroslav Volf Copy Share Image
We have the potential to help people out of poverty, out of disease, out of slavery and out of conflict. Too often,… — Alicia Keys Copy Share Image
Richness in the world is a result of other people's poverty. We should begin to shorten the abyss between haves and have-nots. — Eduardo Galeano Copy Share Image
Corruption is a major cause of poverty as well as a barrier to overcoming it, .. The two scourges feed off each… — Peter Eigen Copy Share Image
And if you look at the reality in the United States, where you have more than 40 million people below the poverty… — Simon Mainwaring Copy Share Image
I will use the rest of my life to help the poor overcome the problems confronting them - poverty is the greatest… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
What we need to do is increase the totality of money that is given to the poorest areas and then we can… — James Wolfensohn Copy Share Image
When I travel, I make certain that I spend at least half of my time in the field. You have to get… — James Wolfensohn Copy Share Image
Poverty should be one of the top concerns for any elected leader. It has a negative effect on almost everything we as… — Ron Crumpton Copy Share Image
Most people don't see themselves as sitting on that bottom rung as a defense mechanism. The more they blame poor people for… — Stephanie Land Copy Share Image
How well a posse policy will fare in a world with 3 billion people below the poverty line and nuclear warheads scattered… — Herbert Schiller Copy Share Image
There are people in poverty who, if they have the gumption, say, "I'm leaving here. I'm gonna take three jobs and make… — Alan Sparhawk Copy Share Image
“Among foragers, where property is shared, poverty tends to be a nonissue. In his classic book Stone Age Economics, anthropologist Marshall Sahlins… — Christopher Ryan Copy Share Image
The world's most 'primitive' people have few possessions, but they are not poor. Poverty is not a certain small amount of goods,… — Marshall Sahlins Copy Share Image
Welfare mostly subsidizes people in poverty, helping few escape from it. In their hearts, most people who are poor would like to… — Cal Thomas Copy Share Image
In India you would find people who belong to the 10 richest people in the entire world, and you would find people… — Cyril Shroff Copy Share Image
We do not wish to impoverish the environment any further, and yet we cannot for a moment forget the grim poverty of… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
Throwing young men out of work, throwing people into poverty and ending business life don't promote stability in the Palestinian territories,. — Chris Patten Copy Share Image
“The truth is, Japan is headed for crisis. We are in the hands of greedy businessmen and weak politicians. Such people will… — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share Image
Too many of the conflicts which are caused today are caused by the problems that emerge from people who are in poverty. — James Wolfensohn Copy Share Image
We can help poor people ,but poverty is a decision they make everyday and no one can cure it since they don't… — Wordfaith3 Copy Share Image
If we didn't have Social Security, our seniors would live mostly in poverty. You'd have another 18 million people in poverty. — Michael Moore Copy Share Image
Affluence separates people. Poverty knits 'em together. You got some sugar and I don't; I borrow some of yours. Next month you… — Ray Charles Copy Share Image
What is concerning is that work in the informal sector is characterised by vulnerability, low wages and no rights. So it is… — Winnie Byanyima Copy Share Image
For whatever reason, in this country we have a very interesting relationship with poverty, where we think people in poverty are bad… — Michael Tubbs Copy Share Image
This globalization is lifting up hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. The Left needs to see that. — Chrystia Freeland Copy Share Image
Capitalism - for the record - has lifted more people out of poverty than any other economic system in the world. — Trish Regan Copy Share Image
