Economy Quote by Lester R. Brown

“The only long-term, high-confidence strategy for the world not to be overwhelmed by terrorism is for economic development to go so well that terrorists…

— William W. Lewis

Poverty is the greatest cause of terrorism.

— S. Azmat Hassan

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

— Dan Gillerman

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

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

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

— Eliza Griswold

Poverty must be reduced not only for reasons of moral and justice, but also of security.

— Anna Lindh

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

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

It is time we recognized that the real terrorism is poverty.

— John Pilger

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

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

— Robert D. Kaplan