Country Quote by Kapil Sibal

While easy to understand, the income-based poverty line has limitations. Specifically, the median monthly household income measures only income without considering assets.

— Carrie Lam

The poverty line in the U.S., for example, has nothing to do with the poverty line in India. It is a relative poverty line.…

— Abhijit Banerjee

We think of poverty as a condition simply meaning a lack of funds, no money, but when one sees fifth, sixth, and seventh generation…

— Alice Childress

The poverty line is like the age of consent: if you find yourself parsing exactly where it is, you’ve probably already done something very,…

— John Oliver

Poverty is an expensive luxury. We cannot afford it.

— Eleanor Roosevelt

The first thing we should acknowledge is that poverty is hugely expensive. It varies from country to country, but most of the time it's…

— Rutger Bregman

Very few people can afford to be poor.

— George Bernard Shaw

Poverty is a choice lazy people make.

— Chizim

We are one of the richest countries in the world, and there is absolutely no reason why anyone should have to live in poverty.

— Jeremy Corbyn

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

— Jacqueline Novogratz

I was born in a very poor family. I used to sell tea in a railway coach as a child. My mother used to…

— Narendra Modi

I've never experienced chronic poverty, but I know what it's like to live on £3 a week.

— Annie Lennox