Action Quote by Benjamin Mkapa

Poverty is not created by poor people. It is produced by our failure to create institutions to support human capabilities.

— Muhammad Yunus

Poverty is a result of lack of opportunity. Lack of opportunity is about being without power, without being in a position to make choices.

— Winnie Byanyima

Poverty is not a character failing or a lack of motivation. Poverty is a shortage of money.

— Barbara Ehrenreich

Poverty is not just a material problem. Poverty is something wider: it is about powerlessness, about being deprived of basic opportunities and freedom of…

— Johan Norberg

Poverty should not just be made an issue - there is need to actually work on it.

— Rajnath Singh

We can help poor people ,but poverty is a decision they make everyday and no one can cure it since they don't know what…

— Wordfaith3

Poverty is not something people impose on themselves for want of effort and community organisation. It is constructed by divisive and discriminatory laws, inflexible…

— Pete Townshend

Poverty is not natural; it is man-made

— Nelson Mandela

Poverty leads to hardship and failure.

— Irwin Redlener

Poverty is not only about income poverty, it is about the deprivation of economic and social rights, insecurity, discrimination, exclusion and powerlessness. That is…

— Irene Khan

Poverty is a horrible, bedeviling force that invades and infects every aspect of our lives and communities - our homes, our pantries, our schools,…

— Wes Moore

Poverty is a solved problem - all they have to do is abolish taxes and regulations which cripple those intelligent, capable, and responsible men…

— L. Neil Smith