James Madison Quotes

We need to understand that we as citizens and as a government in any community throughout this country have no more important obligation than to educate those who are going to replace us.

Poverty is not inevitable. It is a human ill that we can fight if we decide to do so together.

The only way to have a better world and end poverty is by closing the gap between the top and the bottom.

If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.

To Republicans, I humbly suggest that we make it possible for Democrats to give up their quest for redistribution of income and wealth by our acceptance of an appropriate role for government in financing those public goods and services necessary to secure a social safety net below which no American would be allowed to fall.

Pope Francis emphatically does not buy the argument that poverty can be alleviated by the 'trickle down' effects of wealth creation. He is deaf to arguments that the global economy has brought a billion people out of poverty. He is convinced, in short, that the best and only way to expel poverty is fairer distribution of the world's goods.

My mission is to eradicate poverty.

Education is the investment our generation makes in the future.

It isn't the rich people's fault that poor people are poor. Poor people who get an education and work hard in this country will stop being poor. That should be the goal for all poor people everywhere.

The difficulty is, Pell Grants are an attempt to do the right thing, and that is to give the low-income student an opportunity to access higher education, and that's a good thing. And welfare was an attempt to help those most in need. The difficulty is, often times a program is so successful that it grows and grows and grows and grows.

Ridding the world of poverty is, of course, a fantasy.

Reducing poverty is in our own interest.

Equality of talents, of education, or of wealth can not be produced by human institutions.

In the 21st century, the best anti-poverty program is a world class education.

There never can be equality of rewards or possessions so long as the human plan contains varied talents and differing degrees of industry and thrift, but ours ought to be a country free from the great blotches of distressed poverty.

The financial rewards of economic change have accrued disproportionately to the most talented and well-educated members of society.

For every challenge we face - unemployment, poverty, crime, income growth, income inequality, productivity, competitiveness - a great education is a major component of the solution.

We see that in the top problems in the world between haves and have-nots, generally we find that the root cause is education.

Our children and grandchildren are not going to have the same standard of living unless we educate that workforce.

Although he was a brilliant businessman, in my mind, Dick Spangler will best be remembered in our state for his commitment to education and what it means for lifting individuals out of poverty, giving them a path for learning, and expressing their individuality.

Republicans need to define and present specific policies on how to eradicate poverty, help every child achieve a quality education, and lower the cost of increasing health premiums.

You alleviate poverty by trickle-down economics.

At Camfed, we have focused on transforming the vicious cycle of poverty in many rural African communities into a cycle of opportunity. Alumnae of Camfed's programs go on to become role models and mentors for future generations of young students. We call this the 'virtuous circle,' and we know this is a model that works.

You are not going to lift everybody out of poverty through the kindness of wealthy people.

In going to America one learns that poverty is not a necessary accompaniment to civilization.