Causes Quote by Robert D. Kaplan

Poverty devastates families, communities and nations. It causes instability and political unrest and fuels conflict.

— Kofi Annan

Poverty is the greatest cause of terrorism.

— S. Azmat Hassan

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

— Dan Gillerman

It is conflict overall that mires people in poverty. That is the first law of development.

— Andrew Mitchell

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

Poverty does not cause violence and terrorism. Lack of education does not cause terrorism.

— John O. Brennan

Poverty is a crime and the poor are terrorists

— Arundhati Roy

Extreme poverty is the best breeding ground on earth for disease, political instability, and terrorism.

— Jeffrey Sachs

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

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

— Eliza Griswold

Terrorism really flourishes in areas of poverty, despair and hopelessness, where people see no future

— Colin Powell

I believe that, as long as there is plenty, poverty is evil.

— Robert Kennedy