Country Quote by Ronald Reagan

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

For a long time, rich countries have promised to reduce poverty but have failed to match their words with adequate action. Of course, some…

— Peter Singer

We know what war means, and we know what poverty means. We need to develop a better model for reaching out to the world…

— Eliza Griswold

Can we not wage a war and emerge victorious against poverty. Let us defeat poverty.

— Narendra Modi

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

We fought a war on poverty, and poverty won

— Ronald Reagan

The best way to perpetuate poverty is spending on arms, and poverty itself is a form of violence. The wealthy industrialized countries have been…

— Oscar Arias

This globalization is lifting up hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. The Left needs to see that.

— Chrystia Freeland

One of the things that people aren't aware of is how much progress is being made in eradicating poverty and providing a healthier life…

— Kathy Calvin

For the first time in our history it is possible to conquer poverty.

— Lyndon B. Johnson

There is nothing new about poverty. What is new, however, is that we have the resources to get rid of it.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

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