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“I joined the race for the sole purpose of pulling more of my people out of poverty as you already know, youth and women empowerment is critical to achieving this. Also critical to reducing the level of poverty among our people will be my attracting infrastructural projects in the education and health sectors as well as basic infrastructure and even in the area of rural electrification.”
Mary Ekpere-Eta wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I’m confident that our plans, far from increasing poverty, will actually result in more people having fulfilling work, paying a decent wage to lift themselves and their families out of poverty.”
Rachel Reeves (born 1979) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: UK government defends welfare cuts as economists warn 250,000 could fall into poverty EURONEWS ( 27/03/2025)
“We globalize poverty, especially the poverty of spirit, but Mother Teresa globalized the vocation or the call to preach God's wisdom and spirit of love.”
Lucas Sirkar (1936–2021) first seen 2002 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Hundreds Mark Fifth Anniversary of Mother Teresa´s Death (5 September 2002) Union of Asian Catholic News
“I want to call upon each and every one present here, including the food bank street committee, to be poverty foot soldiers who join efforts and hands with the government in rooting out poverty from our homes and nation”
Aino Kapewangolo (born 1949) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In this paper, we theoretically and empirically analyze the impact of competition on poverty. We consider a general equilibrium framework with vertical preferences and compare poverty in a Monopoly setting versus a Duopoly setting considering explicitly the ownership structure”
Rim Lahmandi-Ayed (born 1969) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“competition can improve or worsen poverty depending on the model's parameters. Empirical findings for the three existing poverty lines (1.9, 3.2, and $5.5) are consistent to a large extent with our theoretical results.”
Rim Lahmandi-Ayed (born 1969) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“there was a distinction, a crucial distinction that kids have to make – kids, but teachers should help them – between rising out of poverty and destroying poverty. Do you use education to get out of it, or do you use education for all of us to get out of it?”
Selma James (born 1930) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The first thing to work on is poverty alleviation. The second is gender equality. And the third is more decent work. But poverty alleviation is at the core of the impact we're trying to create.”
Tomilola Majekodunmi wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It does not depend upon us to avoid poverty, but it does depend upon us to make that poverty respected.”
Voltaire (attributed) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“_Ap._ My poverty, but not my will, consents. _Rom._ I pay thy poverty, and not thy will.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Money is always transitively valued. More money is supposedly always better than less money.”
Gregory Bateson (1904–1980) said by 1980 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The first thing [in credit] is character … before money or anything else. Money cannot buy it.… A man I do not trust could not get money from me on all the bonds in Christendom. I think that is the fundamental basis of business.”
J. P. Morgan (1837–1913) said by 1913 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“To alter the money value of commodities, by altering the value of money, and yet to raise the same money amount by taxes, is then undoubtedly to increase the burthens of society.”
David Ricardo (1772–1823) said by 1823 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Don’t confuse fiscal discipline with party label. All those parties are all fiscally unsound. I mean, every Republican wants to spend more. Every Democrat wants to spend more. It is not their money… They’re spending your money and my money.”
Arthur Laffer (born 1940) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Art Laffer: Can't grow an economy by over-taxing it” Fox Business, (Aug. 3, 2018)
“The money-getter who pleads his love of work has a lame defense, for love of work at money-getting is a lower taste than love of money.”
Ambrose Bierce (1842–1914) said by 1914 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“These numerous points at which money is withdrawn from circulation and accumulated in numerous individual hoards or potential money-capitals appears as so many obstacles to circulation, because they immobilise the money and deprive it of its capacity to circulate for a certain time.”
Karl Marx (1818–1883) said by 1883 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Our fight is with money. Work alone will help us, not money. We must smash interest slavery. Our fight is with the races that represent money.”
Adolf Hitler (1889–1945) first seen 1919 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speech at the hall of Zum Deutschen Reich (December 18, 1919), quoted in Thomas Weber, Becoming Hitler: The Making of a Nazi (Basic Books, 2017), p. 138. Police report of DAP meeting, SAM, DPM/6697
“Without money, you can't be straightforward in your dealings with women. For without money, you can't pick and choose, you've got to take what women you can get; and then, necessarily, you've got to break free of them. Constancy, like all other virtues, has got to be paid for in money.”
George Orwell (1903–1950) said by 1950 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Prate us but prade; it's money buys land Money begets money.”
John Ray (1627–1705) said by 1705 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Money is coined liberty, and so it is ten times dearer to the man who is deprived of freedom. If money is jingling in his pocket, he is half consoled, even though he cannot spend it. But money can always and everywhere be spent, and, moreover, forbidden fruit is sweetest of all.”
Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821–1881) first seen 1862 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The House of the Dead (1862) ch. 1; as translated by Constance Garnett (1915), p. 16
“Money, money, always money — that is the essence of democracy. Democracy is more expensive than monarchy; it is incompatible with liberty.”
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (1809–1865) said by 1865 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Solution Du Problême Social, quoted by Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn in The Menace of the Herd (1943), p. 328
“When more than 90% of the gains have gone to the top 1%, that's where the money is. And we are going to follow the money. And if companies take tax breaks and then ship jobs overseas, we'll make them pay us back. And we'll put that money to work where it belongs … creating jobs here at home!”
Hillary Clinton (born 1947) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It often makes me know that as a cousin of mine once said about money, money is always there but the pockets change; it is not in the same pockets after a change, and that is all there is to say about money.”
Gertrude Stein (1874–1946) said by 1946 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In short, the early receivers of the new money in this market chain of events gain at the expense of those who receive the money toward the end of the chain, and still worse losers are the people (e.g., those on fixed incomes such as annuities, interest, or pensions) who never receive the new money at all.”
Murray Rothbard (1926–1995) said by 1995 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Case Against the Fed (5 June 2009).
“My mother used to say, 'Don't marry for money, but marry where money is! ' There's no harm in looking for money as long as there's kindness as well.”
P. D. James (1920–2014) said by 2014 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The money pigs of capitalist democracy… Money has made slaves of us… Money is the curse of mankind. It smothers the seed of everything great and good. Every penny is sticky with sweat and blood.”
Joseph Goebbels (1897–1945) first seen 1919 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in The Nazi Party 1919-1945: A Complete History, Dietrich Orlow, New York: NY, Enigma Books, 2012, p 61. Goebbels’ article, “Nationalsozialisten aus Berlin und aus dem Reich”, Voelkischer Beobachter, February 4, …
“You know, he made these peace treaties,[...] I just think it was to make money. I just think that that’s what they’re about is making money. I don’t think that they have the ability to make anything on their own. I think they’re born into money, and it makes me feel like they weren’t serving my boy Trump the way they could’ve.”
Kanye West (born 1977) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Interview with Tucker Carlson regarding Jared Kushner (October 6, 2022), as cited in "Kanye West says Jared Kushner only brokered Abraham Accords 'to make money' The Times of Israel (October 8, 2022)
“MAKE MONEY. MAKE MORE MONEY. MAKE OTHER PEOPLE PRODUCE SO AS TO MAKE MORE MONEY.”
L. Ron Hubbard (1911–1986) first seen 1972 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Principles of Money Management" (March 9, 1972).
“Analysis of the supply of money, and in particular of changes in the supply of money, is simple in principle but extremely complex in practice, both in our hypothetical world and in the current real world. Simple in principle, because the supply of money is whatever the monetary authorities make if, complex in practice, because the decisions of the monetary authorities depend on numerous factors.”
Milton Friedman (1912–2006) said by 2006 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Money had no name of course. And if it did have a name, it would no longer be money. What gave money its true meaning was its dark-night namelessness, its breathtaking interchangeability.”
Haruki Murakami (born 1949) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The main difference between me and other people who have amassed this kind of money is that I am primarily interested in ideas, and I don't have much personal use for money. But I hate to think what would have happened if I hadn't made money: My ideas would not have gotten much play.”
George Soros (born 1930) first seen 2006 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in The Winning Investment Habits of Warren Buffett & George Soros (2006) by Mark Tier, p. 219
“Inflation is caused by a continuing surfeit of money; inflation can therefore be controlled or prevented only by striking at the source of money surfeit. It follows that all prices and incomes policies are irrelevant and futile, whether they are voluntary or compulsory. If the surfeit of money continues, then all prices and incomes must rise accordingly.”
Enoch Powell (1912–1998) first seen 1975 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speech to the Arundel Young Conservatives in Littlehampton (20 June 1975), quoted in The Times (21 June 1975), p. 3
“OK, Peter writes, "Should I be worried about in terms of liquidity and get my money out of there?" No, no, no! Bear Stearns is fine. Do not take your money— this is ridi— if there's one takeaway other than a +400 so Bear— Bear Stearns is not in trouble. If anything, they're more likely to be taken over. Don't move your money from Bear! That's just being silly! Don't be silly.”
Jim Cramer (born 1955) first seen 2008 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Mad Money (11 March 2008)
“Me? I'm loyal and honest, and I'm a good person. I call a spade a spade. Money doesn't make me; I make money. Without money, I'd be the same person.”
Floyd Mayweather Jr. (born 1977) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Money speaks, but it speaks in a male voice. In the hands of women, money stays literal; count it out it buys what it is worth or less. In the hands of men, money buys women, sex, status, dignity, esteem, recognition, loyalty, all manner of possibility.”
Andrea Dworkin (1946–2005) said by 2005 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My father said, 'You must never try to make all the money that's in a deal. Let the other fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation for always making all the money, you won't have many deals'.”
J. Paul Getty (1892–1976) said by 1976 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: J. Paul Getty cited in: Alison Branagan (2009) Making Sense of Business: A No-Nonsense Guide to Business Skills. p. 136
“You talking baby money, I got yo baby money, kidnap yo bitch, get that how much you love yo lady money.”
“Money on my mind, Money money on my mental.”
“I used to work in jobs I hated because I needed the money to buy a guitar. I know what it feels like to be depressed. On the other hand, I also know what it feels like to have money, to be successful, to be independent, but I can tell you that money and success never solve your problems.”
Chris Cornell (1964–2017) said by 2017 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Yes, I think it’s an obscene amount of money. You know we had some protesters last night when we pulled up in San Francisco – and they’re right to protest, they’re absolutely right, it’s an obscene amount of money. The Sanders campaign, when they talk about it, is absolutely right, it’s ridiculous that we should have this kind of money in politics, I agree.”
George Clooney (born 1961) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Clooney's response when asked to respond to Bernie Sanders' statement that the $353,400 price tag to sit at the table with Clooney and Hillary Clinton was obscene, The Hill (April 26, 2016)
“The geographical movement of money and commodities as capital is not the same as the movements of products and of precious metals. Capital is, after all, money used in a certain way, and is by no means identical with all money uses.”
David Harvey (born 1935) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I just don't think religion should be a money making organization. There is never a need to send churches or cults money for any reason. If you want to feel good about yourself or make your God happy, give your money directly to a charity or a homeless person. But once again this is my opinion, and I don't want to be in a position of also dictating.”
John Roecker (born 1966) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Instead of paying interest to those who have more money than they need and in order to keep money in circulation, people should pay a small fee if they keep the money out of circulation.”
Margrit Kennedy (1939–2013) said by 2013 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If the goal is to make money, then (putting it in terms Jonah might have used), an action that moves us toward making money is productive. And an action that takes away from making money is non-productive.”
Eliyahu M. Goldratt (1947–2011) said by 2011 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Companies are so immersed in the mentality of saving money that they forget that the whole intention of a project is not to save money but to make money.”
Eliyahu M. Goldratt (1947–2011) said by 2011 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“And if you look at the things that are denied to the states in the Constitution, for example, they are denied the right to coin money. Now, throughout history, the right to coin money has been a symbol of sovereignty. If states do not have the right to coin money, they are not sovereign in the sense that would justify secession as a state right.”
Harry V. Jaffa (1918–2015) said by 2015 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Do not pursue money. He who pursues money will never achieve it. Serve! If you serve as best as you can, you will not be able to escape money.”
Tomáš Baťa (1876–1932) said by 1932 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Attributed to Tomas Bata in: Tribus, Myron. "Lessons from Tomas Bata for the Modern Day Manager." Tvůrčí odkaz Tomáše Bati a současné podnikatelské metody (2001).
“All those things [meaning works of art] have given me the greatest satisfaction and contentment because they are not only for the honor of God but are likewise for my own remembrance. For fifty years, I have done nothing else but earn money and spend money; and it became clear that spending money gives me greater pleasure than earning it.”
Cosimo de' Medici (1389–1464) said by 1464 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Attributed to Cosimo de' Medici by Salviati; as cited in Taylor, F.H. (1948). The taste of angels, a history of art collecting from Rameses to Napoleon. Boston: Little, Brown. pp. 65–66.
“I feel very sad, as though I had not a friend in the world.... A man is nowhere without money.... People care little about you without money.... People talk terribly. We find that we have but few friends left ... I feel sad and constantly worried. People as much as say we have money. It is hard to bear .”
Henry J. Heinz (1844–1919) first seen 1875 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Henry J. Heinz in his diary (1875), cited in: Robert C. Alberts (1973), The good provider: H. J. Heinz and his 57 varieties. p. 24
“People will say "there's no money in music", that's not true, there's no money in music to people who aren't educated on how to make money.”
Marcus Orelias (born 1993) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source