“Technology has changed things, same as everywhere. But the economy has changed drastically. When Jamaica first won independence, our dollar was stronger than the U.S. dollar. Now ours is about 90 to one. That's had a big impact on crime and poverty.” FirstsBigsPovertyTechnologyEconomyCrimeChangedStrongerIndependenceImpactDollarsJamaicaBig Impact Author:Damian Marley
“Any strategy to reduce intergenerational poverty has to be centered on work, not welfare--not only because work provides independence and income but also because work provides order, structure, dignity, and opportunities for growth in people's lives.” PeopleOrderOpportunityGrowthPovertyDignityIndependenceStrategyStructureIncomeWelfare Book:The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream Source: The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
“The first and foremost priority is to finish the unfinished task which the founding fathers of India set out for us at the time of our independence: to get rid of chronic poverty, ignorance, and disease, which have afflicted millions and millions of our people.” PeopleFirstsFatherPovertyMillionsIgnoranceDiseaseTasksIndiaIndependencePrioritiesFoundingUnfinished Author:Manmohan Singh
“We offer a better way for dealing with persistent poverty in this country. A way that shows poor Americans the world beyond liberal ware housing and check-writing into the life everyone can find with opportunity and independence. The happiness of using your gifts and the dignity of having a job. And you know what? None of this will happen under Hillary Clinton. Only with Donald Trump and Mike Pence do we have a chance at a better way.” KnowsWorldWayWritingCountryShowsHappensJobsOpportunityChancePoorPovertyTrumpOffersDignityIndependenceClintonChecksPersistentHousingMikeBetter Ways Author:Paul Ryan
“If one looks at the history of India after independence in 1947, for the first 30 to 40 years I think we were effectively given up as a basket case because we made various attempts through socialism to effectively alleviate poverty and keep growing but that model didn't work. So even when the pre-90s when we spoke to foreign corporation of foreign businessmen who wanted to do business with us, we were always a land of opportunity but an opportunity whose time have not yet come.” ThinkingOpportunityPovertyIndependenceVariousSocialismBusinessman Author:Cyril Shroff
“True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.” PeopleMadeJobsIndividualStuffFreedomLibertyPovertyEconomicSecurityIndependenceHungryDictatorshipIndependence DayTrue FreedomIndividual FreedomEconomic FreedomPolitical IdeologyEconomic SecurityEconomic IndependenceTrue IndependenceIndividual Independence Book:The Essential Franklin Delano Roosevelt Source: The Essential Franklin Delano Roosevelt
“Abortion is defended today as a means of ensuring the equality and independence of women, and as a solution to the problems of single parenting, child abuse, and the feminization of poverty.” MeanChildrenProblemTodayPovertySolutionsAbuseIndependenceParentingEqualityAbortionChild AbuseAbused Children Author:Robert Casey