Poverty Quote by Ronald Reagan

Some years ago, the federal government declared war on poverty, and poverty won.

— Ronald Reagan

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

We have to realize that this country in its private sector has been fighting the most successful war on poverty the world has seen…

— Ronald Reagan

There was never a war on poverty. Maybe there was a skirmish on poverty

— Andrew Cuomo

I believe the war on poverty is a more American idea than the war on the war on poverty. I believe that most people…

— Bruce Springsteen

The war on poverty programs help address the pain of poverty.

— Marco Rubio

When you talk about war on poverty it doesn't mean very much; but if you can show to some degree this sort of thing…

— Ben Shahn

These economic, social, cultural and educational causes of opportunity inequality are complex. And they will not be solved by continuing with the same stale…

— Marco Rubio

This nation has always struggled with how it was going to deal with poor people and people of color. Every few years you will…

— Maxine Waters

I do think that humanitarians and journalists alike have focused on all the things that go wrong, and that they sometimes leave the perception…

— Nicholas Kristof

part of the problem with a war on poverty today is that many Americans have decided that being poor is a character defect, not…

— Anna Quindlen

Liberals cling to the idea that critics of welfare are motivated by greed or callous disregard for the less fortunate. In fact, during the…

— Mona Charen