Prestonia Mann Martin Quotes

Abolish Poverty

We will not rest until this war [on poverty] is won.

This administration today, here and now, declares unconditional war on poverty in America.

When our economy is truly healthy, and everyone rises with the tide of prosperity, then issues such as the lack of affordable housing, homelessness, and hunger are greatly diminished.

And I do not intend to lead a state where we simply tolerate poverty in our communities.

My goal is to eradicate poverty. I think we can't have equality until we eradicate poverty.

We cannot afford to leave the poor behind.

The poorhouse is vanishing from among us.... We ... today are nearer to the final triumph over poverty than ever before in the history of any land.... We shall soon ... be in sight of the day when poverty will be banished from this nation.

I contend that, in spite of all that might be said about Watergate, Richard Nixon was good for the poor people of America.

We are one of the richest countries in the world, and there is absolutely no reason why anyone should have to live in poverty.

President Obama believes that income inequality is one of the most pressing matters facing the nation. If we are going to be a country that provides ladders of opportunity and believes in a thriving middle class, then we have to raise the minimum wage.

In America today, we are nearer a final triumph over poverty than is any other land.

Our Dream Is A World Free Of Poverty.

The war on poverty is not a struggle simply to support people, to make them dependent on the generosity of others. It is a struggle to give people a chance.

Preventing poverty beats curing it.

It is unjust to let any starve, when we think it just to limit the wages of the poor, so as they can lay up nothing against the time of their impotency and want of work.

Equality begins with economic empowerment.

Destroy poverty, that source of crime, by assuring to each the satisfaction of all needs! And how difficult is this to achieve?

Let’s make the poor richer.

We used to wage war on poverty—not poor people.

We should be helping people who actually need it, people working hard while their paychecks aren't increasing as much as they should.

Income inequity has to be addressed.

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 then you can show a great deal more of how people are living and a very great percentage of our people today.

In the wealthiest nation on Earth, no one who works a full time job should have to live in poverty. That's a fundamental value proposition, an article of faith in our country that I know an overwhelming majority of Americans agree on.

The great responsibility that we have today is to put the poor and the near poor back on front of the American agenda.