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The poverty program was not designed to eliminate poverty.

— H. Rap Brown

You can't lift people out of poverty simply by tweaking the tax system, or by raising the minimum wage by a few cents, or…

— Sasha Abramsky

Now, you might say – “But why should we pay people for doing what they’re supposed to do?” It’s a fair question – but…

— Michael Bloomberg

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

— Barack Obama

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…

— Andy Stern

“The typical poverty program creates dependency, robs people of dignity, stifles initiative, and can foster a “What have you done for me lately?” sense…

— Barry Asmus

“There is at the outset a very obvious and almost facile connection between the war in Vietnam and the struggle I, and others, have…

— Martin Luther King Jr

We raised almost 2 million dollars at the last golf tournament that can be used for minority scholarships and Junior Golf programs. The payoff…

— Darius Rucker

We have a lot of existing customers which are also considering Linux desktop migrations and rolling out some of these programs, so we're learning…

— Miguel de Icaza

Quality afterschool programs provide safe, engaging and fun learning experiences to help children and youth develop their social, emotional, physical, cultural and academic skills.

— Debbie Stabenow

I'm tired of seeing listings of programs I want to watch that aren't closed captioned. And I'm tired of looking for the symbol on…

— Marlee Matlin

We immerse ourselves in escapist mass entertainment, such as 'reality T.V.' programs. We support fanatical politicians and preachers. Our politicians, in turn, support dictators…

— Brendan Myers

Obama did organize a great large number of people and many enthusiastic people, what's called in the press 'Obama's Army.' But the army is…

— Noam Chomsky

The most successful cultural diplomacy strategy integrates people-to-people or arts/culture/media-to-people interactions into the basic business of diplomacy. The programs in Afghanistan, Egypt, and Iran…

— Cynthia P. Schneider

The game business arose from computer programs that were written by and for young men in the late 1960s and early 1970s. They worked…

— Brenda Laurel