Absence Quote by Koichiro Matsuura

Literacy could be the ladder out of poverty

— Morgan Freeman

Poverty is not really as much of an obstacle to educational expansion as it's sometimes made out to be.

— Amartya Sen

Illiteracy at the poverty level (mainly a matter of bad grammar) does not alarm me nearly as much as the illiteracy of the well-to-do.

— Mary McCarthy

The way out of Poverty is trough Education.

— Glen Rambharack

Real poverty is lack of books.

— Sidonie Gabrielle

If there is no education, there will be poverty. I believe in it strongly and feel that through education we can address the issue…

— Kumar Sanu

There's no magic bullet to end poverty in the world. But if you could, the closest thing to it would be basic primary education.

— Craig Kielburger

Poverty is so significant that we can't expect to overcome the impacts of poverty in schools.

— Michelle Rhee

Education is the antidote to poverty.

— Arvind Kejriwal

Literacy is a bridge from misery to hope. It is a tool for daily life in modern society. It is a bulwark against poverty,…

— Kofi Annan

I believe that poverty is often the result of inappropriate behavior - out-of-wedlock births, dropping out of school, crime and drugs - which should…

— Joe Klein

Today there are a huge number of think tanks working on poverty-related issues; there are books written on the topic; and university centers being…

— Sasha Abramsky