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“Haven't we already given money to rich people? This second tax cut's gonna do it again. Didn't we already, why are we doing it again?... shouldn't we be giving money to the middle?”
George W. Bush (attributed) first seen 2002 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Remarks during a 2002 White House meeting referring to Bush's second tax cut proposal, as recalled by then-Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill. Reported in Ron Suskind (2004), The Price of Loyalty, .
“The man that is poor is not the one who has no money but one without a dream. Children of destiny can never be poor, though they may experience temporary lacks.”
T. B. Joshua (1963–2021) said by 2021 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I would advise all those who joined the Stock Protection to withdraw their money and give it and as much more to the widows and orphans and poor of Greta district where I have spent and will again spend many happy days fearless free and bold as it only aids the police to procure false witnesses to lag innocent men I would advise them to subscribe a sum and give it to the poor of their district.”
Ned Kelly (1854–1880) said by 1880 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“97. One of the brethren owned only a book of the Gospels. He sold this and gave the money for the support of the poor. He made a statement that deserves remembrance: "I have sold the very word that speaks to me saying: 'Sell your possessions and give to the poor.'”
Evagrius Ponticus (345–399) said by 399 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I don’t know how to get the money but if [the radar] is overpriced, definitely we deserve to be paid … They cannot take money from a poor country.”
Jakaya Kikwete (born 1950) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I sit at my table en grand seigneur, And when I have done, throw a crust to the poor; Not only the pleasure, one’s self, of good living, But also the pleasure of now and then giving. So pleasant it is to have money, heigh ho! So pleasant it is to have money.”
Arthur Hugh Clough (1819–1861) said by 1861 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If money is the aim and object of those who squabble for power, then there is clearly no harm in money being the objective of the poor voters.”
Naguib Mahfouz (1911–2006) said by 2006 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Folks don’t have a problem with us investing our money to help the wealthiest people in this country—corporate welfare, if you will—but folks seem to have a problem with us investing our money in the working poor and middle class in this country.”
Nina Turner (born 1967) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“People who turn to withchdoctors lose their money and then complain about being poor instead of using such money to improve their living conditions.”
Cyprian Kizito Lwanga (1953–2021) first seen 2014 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Catholic Church launches Uganda Martyrs’ campaign (7 February 2014) Fides News Agency
“We were very poor but we were happy. My parents made sure that we ate on time and that was enough for me. [My father] had scoliosis and he was working at a construction site; he wasn't earning enough. My mom was good with money. She was able to stretch whatever little money we had.”
Regine Velasquez (born 1970) first seen 2005 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: https://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2005/10/25/303534/reflections-regine
“The tragedy of civil wars in countries like Angola and Mozambique is that they left many civilians maimed. Poverty is the reason HIV/AIDS spread so rapidly in the African townships and slums. Poverty is the real killer.”
Miriam Makeba (1932–2008) first seen 2001 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Nkrumah, Gamal (1–7 November 2001)
“Self-taught poverty is a help toward philosophy, for the things which philosophy attempts to teach by reasoning, poverty forces us to practice.”
Diogenes of Sinope (400–323 BC) said by 323 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Tell yourselves of neither poverty nor a long lifetime, for whoever tells himself of poverty becomes miserly. Whoever tells himself of a long lifetime becomes greedy.":309”
Musa al-Kadhim (745–799) said by 799 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“As long as we look to legislation to cure poverty or to abolish special privilege we are going to see poverty spread and special privilege grow.”
Henry Ford (1863–1947) said by 1947 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours ... In proportion as he simplifies his life, the laws of the universe will appear less complex, and solitude will not be solitude, nor poverty poverty, nor weakness weakness.”
Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862) said by 1862 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Liberals fought poverty and poverty won.”
Ronald Reagan (1911–2004) first seen 2004 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in The Right Nation: Conservative Power in America (2004) by John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge, p. 10
“The poverty of yesterday was less squalid than the poverty we purchase with our industry today. Fortunes were smaller then as well.”
Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986) first seen 1970 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Elderly Lady", in Brodie's Report (1970); tr. Andrew Hurley, Collected Fictions (1998)
“Other sorrows soften the heart, — poverty hardens it. Nothing like poverty for chilling the affections and repressing the spirits. Its annoyances are all of the small and mean order ; its regrets all of a selfish kind ; its presence is perpetual ; and the scant meal, and the grudged fire, are repeated day by day, yet who can become accustomed to them ?”
Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802–1838) said by 1838 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“'Abdullah ibn Mughaffal said, "A man said to the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, "Messenger of Allah, by Allah, I love you." He said, "Be careful of what you say." He said, "By Allah, I love you," three times. He said, "If you love me, then prepare yourself for poverty. Poverty comes swifter to the one who loves me than a flood to its destination.”
Muhammad (571–632) said by 632 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“That which distinguishes the Christian narrow way from the common human narrow way is the voluntary. Christ was not someone who coveted earthly things but had to be satisfied with poverty – no, he chose poverty.”
Søren Kierkegaard (1813–1855) said by 1855 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Events of the past two years have virtually decreed that I shall wrestle with the literary muse for the rest of my days. And so, having tasted the poverty of one end of the scale, I have no choice but to direct my energies toward the acquisition of fame and fortune. Frankly, I have no taste for either poverty or honest labor, so writing is the only recourse left me.”
Hunter S. Thompson (1937–2005) first seen 1958 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Letter to Arch Gerhart (29 January 1958), p. 106
“The issue therefore in a capitalist democracy resolves itself into this: either poverty will use democracy to win the struggle against property, or property, in fear of poverty, will destroy democracy.”
Aneurin Bevan (1897–1960) said by 1960 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Poverty must not be a bar to learning, and learning must offer an escape from poverty.”
Lyndon B. Johnson (1908–1973) first seen 1964 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Great Society (May 22, 1964). Archived from the original on January 10, 2021.
“Poetry is a purging of the world's poverty and change and evil and death. It is a present perfecting, a satisfaction in the irremediable poverty of life.”
Wallace Stevens (1879–1955) said by 1955 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Rather than trying to put an end to Eminem or some other rapper, politicians should think about why they're rapping. It's easier to try to censor some kid who's swearing about poverty than it is to stop the poverty.”
Willie Nelson (born 1933) first seen 2002 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Playboy interview, November 2002.
“Perpetual strife can only lead to poverty and oppression, and peace alone can remove these two spectres of poverty and oppression.”
Stanley Baldwin (1867–1947) first seen 1926 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speech in Chippenham (12 June 1926), quoted in Our Inheritance (London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1938), p. 171.
“Poverty has been created by the economic and social system that we have designed for the world. It is the institutions that we have built, and feel so proud of, which created poverty.”
Muhammad Yunus (born 1940) first seen 2005 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Eliminating Poverty Through Market-Based Social Entrepreneurship" in Global Urban Development Magazine (May 2005)
“We need always to be thinking and writing about poverty, for if we are not among its victims, its reality fades from us. We must talk about poverty, because people insulated by their own comfort lose sight of it.”
Dorothy Day (1897–1980) said by 1980 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Lucchetti Bingemer, Maria Clara (2013) "The Witness of Dorothy Day and the Future of Liberation Theology," Diálogo: Vol. 16: No. 2, Article 3. Available at: https://via.library.depaul.edu/dialogo/vol16/iss2…
“I believe in because it isn't just a path out of poverty. It's the road to self-reliance. By allowing people to team up and literally become their own bank, you can mobilize people and resources and alleviate poverty on the global scale.”
Queen Rania of Jordan (born 1970) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“These are countries that started with higher levels of poverty incidence than our country but have successfully managed to lessen, if not virtually eliminate, extreme poverty.”
Francis Escudero (born 1969) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“And in terms of poverty and race in this country, again, you know, one of the things that I really, really wanted to stress is, the level of poverty specifically that you see in the African-American community is not accidental. It’s not accidental. This is part of the process. The process of enslavement involves stealing something from someone. It involves taking something from someone.”
Ta-Nehisi Coates (born 1975) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“People can’t eat our pity, dehydrated children can’t drink our sorrow nor can a child be educated by our anger at injustice. No one has ever been lifted out of poverty by us being overwhelmed or shocked. The only thing that ends poverty is our actions.”
Michael Elmore-Meegan (born 1959) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Do you think it's moral when 20 percent of the children in this country, the wealthiest country in the history of the world, are living in poverty? Do you think it is acceptable that 40 percent of African American children are living in poverty?”
Bernie Sanders (born 1941) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“…Poverty and violence are not God made, they are man made. Poverty and peace cannot coexist.”
Ela Bhatt (1933–2022) said by 2022 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Poverty must not be used as an excuse to continue child labor and exploitation of children … It’s a triangular relationship between child labor, poverty and illiteracy, and I have been trying to fight all of these things together.”
Kailash Satyarthi (born 1954) first seen 2014 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in "Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi Are Awarded Nobel Peace Prize" by Alan Cowell and Declan Walsh, in The New York Times (10 October 2014)
“Big Mama made a living at activism, a point her son liked to remind her of later. Not a tremendous living. Poverty level, in fact. But steady poverty beat the hell out of steady homelessness.”
Lisa Mason (1953–2023) said by 2023 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My priority is to establish this country as a poverty-free country, we have a long way to go – we have to do more. When I have been able to establish this country as a poverty-free country, a hunger-free country, a developed country, perhaps at that time, perhaps then I may say I am proud.”
Sheikh Hasina (born 1947) first seen 2015 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: At the UN general assembly to launch the (SDGs). (25 September 2015)
“It has always been hard to measure poverty, because poverty is as much a state of mind as a condition of material well-being. Still, we seem to have made a bad situation worse.”
Robert J. Samuelson (1945–2025) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: About poverty in the United States, Will the real poverty rate please stand up?, September 11, 2019, .
“While others make obtuse remarks about the state of our roads and some turn into anthropological visitors who come to ogle the condition of our people, we cannot stand by as a society and do nothing. We have an obligation to answer this difficult question of poverty and also do something about it. First, we need to understand poverty in a very basic way and how it is impacting our society.”
Samuel Sejjaaka (born 1964) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: When our potholes, poverty become tourist attractions (February 29, 2020), .
“We have the big challenge of poverty; I mean material poverty. It is a country of tremendous historical riches and values since the time of the apostolic age; peaceful coexistence among the different religions like Christianity with Muslims, and so on. These are great riches which Ethiopia can share with many parts of Africa and the world.”
Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel (born 1948) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Ethiopian Cardinal Discusses Hope of Peace and What He Learned From St. John Paul II (October 22, 2019)
“The topic of the military raises questions in ways that other topics would not. There are photographers who have dealt with extreme poverty, or who have photographed horrific labor conditions, and they are not held accountable in the same way. They aren’t asked: what do you think of poverty? But the question of the military is so complicated that it riles up people’s opinions.”
An-My Lê (born 1960) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Periods are normal, period poverty disrupts families and period poverty is something that is an injustice. It’s a human rights violation and therefore”
Janet Mbugua (born 1984) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: (2020)
“I keep coming back to is poverty because ultimately, whether or not an individual lives in poverty determines their access to education, housing, healthcare, and is therefore a root cause of many issues in these areas.”
Rediet Abebe (born 1991) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I knew that football was the only way to get them out of poverty, so I really invested my time and my life into this job. I am happy that it paid off. Getting my family out of poverty is my biggest win.”
Victor Osimhen (born 1998) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You can’t wash away poverty with champagne,” Okocha explained. “You can only wash away poverty when you are able to take up the responsibilities waiting for you.”
Jay-Jay Okocha (born 1973) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Poverty in the UK is too high and the experiences of many people in poverty are now getting worse. Governments of all colours have worked hard to change that picture, but as a society, we have failed to make significant progress.”
Philippa Stroud, Baroness Stroud (born 1965) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We need to find creative ways to end period poverty. I know it can get awkward sometimes to speak about these things, but we need to be there for each other. It is important to share the information and knowledge that you gain. We need to take up more options in trying to help each other end period poverty.”
Bontle Modiselle (born 1991) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Bontle Modiselle’s dance shakes the worldIOL, 27 September 2023 by Siyabonga Sithole
“Climate change is exacerbated by poverty, and this sort of poverty mostly wears a woman’s face.”
Ifeoma Malo wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Far from being the cause of our problems, free trade capitalism as an economic system is the only instrument we have to end hunger, poverty and extreme poverty across our planet. The empirical evidence is unquestionable.”
Javier Milei (born 1970) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Countries that have more freedom are 12 times richer than those that are repressed. The lowest percentile in free countries is better off than 90% of the population in repressed countries. Poverty is 25 times lower and extreme poverty is 50 times lower. And citizens in free countries live 25% longer than citizens in repressed countries.”
Javier Milei (born 1970) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source