Concepts Quote by Milton Friedman

In the past we used to think of poverty in absolute terms - meaning straightforward material deprivation... We need to think of poverty in…

— David Cameron

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

“unacceptable levels of poverty”

— Nathan Cole

Poverty, therefore, was comparative. One measured it by a sliding scale. One was always poor, in terms of those who were richer.

— Margaret Drabble

A common measure of poverty is how much money you have in relation to other people - that is useful as far as it…

— William T. Vollmann

One persons concept of wealth, is anothers understanding of poverty.

— Wealth Poverty

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

— Jacqueline Novogratz

We have a middle class that lives on a razor blade. So sometimes when you say poverty, you neglect a large portion of the…

— Elizabeth Edwards

The intergenerational poverty that troubles us so much today is predominantly a poverty of values.

— Dan Quayle

I've been working on issues of poverty for more than 20 years, and so it's ironic that the problem that and question that I…

— Jacqueline Novogratz

Poverty is less a matter of income than of prospects. While the incomes of the poor have steadily risen through Great Society largesse, their…

— George Gilder

We measure poverty by what I believe is a very, very crude concept. We actually measure poverty by trying to get some kind of…

— Milton Friedman