Person Quote by Harry Belafonte

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

There is an alternative to terror. It is called, in the political order, democracy. In the economic order, it is called the dynamic enterprise…

— Michael Novak

It's the rich you can terrorize. The poor have nothing to lose.

— Imelda Marcos

Poverty is a crime and the poor are terrorists

— Arundhati Roy

Poverty is not simply having no money - it is isolation, vulnerability, humiliation and mistrust.

— Megan Lee

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

Poverty is not only about income levels, but for lack of freedom that comes from physical insecurity

— Jacqueline Novogratz

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

— Dan Gillerman

When work is not underpinned by social protection, people risk falling into poverty traps.

— Sharan Burrow

...Poverty in America today leads not only to anxiety, unhappiness, discomfort and a lack of material goods. It leads to death. Poverty in America…

— Bernie Sanders

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

— Robert D. Kaplan

In today's integrated world economy, ... eradicating poverty may contribute as much to U.S. security as eradicating terrorism.

— Lester R. Brown