Alleviate Quote by Molly Ivins

Now, you might say – “But why should we pay people for doing what they’re supposed to do?” It’s a fair question – but…

— Michael Bloomberg

“Poverty and hardship are created by false thinking.”

— Bodhidharma

One of the things that struck me when I came to the U.S. was discovering American poverty.

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

You alleviate poverty by trickle-down economics.

— Jacob Rees-Mogg

“If we’re all led to believe that poverty is just a matter of laziness or stupidity or whatever other justifications we come up with,…

— Bob Torres

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

On the one hand, the rich look askance at our continuing poverty - on the other, they warn us against their own methods.

— Indira Gandhi

“The typical poverty program creates dependency, robs people of dignity, stifles initiative, and can foster a “What have you done for me lately?” sense…

— Barry Asmus

“The problem of poverty must force us to innovate, not claim "rights to impose our solutions.”

— C.K. Prahalad

In the West, we've lost our intuitive understanding of how poverty shapes thinking.

— John Burdett

For too long, we've attached some mythic notion to government solutions, and yet, 40 years after we began the War on Poverty, poverty still abounds.

— Rand Paul

“when you control for poverty, the students in the U.S. outperform nearly every nation across the globe on these same tests.”

— Terry Marselle