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Anticipate charity by preventing poverty.

— Maimonides

Most organizations should be pro-active, but philanthropists concerned with poverty should deliberately be reactive, learning from the efforts of ordinary folks who tired of…

— Marvin Olasky

The war on poverty programs help address the pain of poverty.

— Marco Rubio

Overcoming poverty is not a task of charity, it is an act of justice. Like Slavery and Apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is…

— Nelson Mandela

“If poverty is a disease that infects an entire community in the form of unemployment and violence, failing schools and broken homes, then we…

— Barack Obama

Many of the problems of poverty and need are really problems of physical infrastructure: not enough hospitals, too few schools, insufficient roads, bridges, and…

— Naveen Jain

Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice. It is the protection of a fundamental human right, the…

— Anonymous

I have seen that traditional approaches to charity and aid don't solve problems of poverty. In fact, too often they create dependence.

— Jacqueline Novogratz

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 not inevitable. It is a human ill that we can fight if we decide to do so together.

— Marc Forne Molne

Humanitarian issues must bring together all people who act in good faith trying to alleviate the suffering of people in dire need - especially…

— Sergei Lavrov

Poverty is rooted in injustice.

— Winnie Byanyima