Links Quote by Gijs de Vries

It isn't poverty that breeds terrorism, but terrorism that breeds poverty.

— Dan Gillerman

Poverty does not make people terrorists, but terrorists can exploit the frustration it creates and use it as a breeding-ground for violent ideas.

— Anna Lindh

Poverty is the greatest cause of terrorism.

— S. Azmat Hassan

Poverty does not cause violence and terrorism. Lack of education does not cause terrorism.

— John O. Brennan

Terrorism is the war of the poor, and war is the terrorism of the rich.

— Peter Ustinov

To say that poverty explains terror is to slander those caught in poverty who choose to lead worthy lives. [Terrorists] are not the oppressed,…

— Sean Wilentz

The diagnosis that poverty, lack of education, or lack of opportunities have much to do with terrorism requires a fundamentally optimistic view of human…

— Peter Bergen

It is time we recognized that the real terrorism is poverty.

— John Pilger

It is development, not poverty, that causes upheaval and terrorism.

— Robert D. Kaplan

Poverty is a crime and the poor are terrorists

— Arundhati Roy

The truth is, terrorism flourishes in places of injustice rather than in places of poverty.

— Eliza Griswold

It has always been my view that terrorism is not spawned by the poverty of money; it is spawned by the poverty of dignity.…

— Anonymous