Causes Quote by John O. Brennan

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

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

— Eliza Griswold

Poverty is the greatest cause of terrorism.

— S. Azmat Hassan

There are no automatic links between poverty and terrorism. Among millions of poor people in the world, only a few turn to terrorism.

— Gijs de Vries

Poverty doesn't imply necessarily violence.

— Alberto Fujimori

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

— Robert D. Kaplan

Poverty is a crime and the poor are terrorists

— Arundhati Roy

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

Today's terrorists do not share a particular ethnic, educational or socioeconomic background.

— Bennie Thompson

Education is the best weapon through which we can fight poverty, ignorance and terrorism.

— Malala Yousafzai