“The primary cause of disorder and lawlessness today, as throughout history, is the poverty of the many in contrast to the affluence of the few. But a new element of unrest has been added: a growing awareness that mass poverty is caused by defective institutions that prevent our harnessing the physical capabilities of science, engineering, management and labor to create general affluence; in other words, a growing awareness that poverty in any country that is or can be industrialized, is man's not nature's fault.” MenHas BeensCountryWisdomTodayPoliticsCausesPovertyEconomyGrowingAwarenessElementsMassLaborManagementInstitutionsFaultsPrimariesLiberalismDisorderCapabilityContrastEngineeringAffluenceUnrestDefectiveLawlessness Author:Louis O. Kelso
“For most Americans, their primary aspiration is to achieve a better life... To earn a livable wage in a good job. To have the time to spend with family and do the things they enjoy. To be able to retire with security. And to give their own kids a chance to do as well or better than themselves.” GivingWellsKidsAbleJobsEnjoyChancePovertyAchieveSecurityPrimariesAspirationRetiringGood JobBetter Life Author:Marco Rubio
“Haiti is the kind of place that grabs your heart, and never lets go ... When you arrive in Port-au-Prince, the first thing that strikes you is how vibrant the colors are. Buses, buildings, fences, clothing, everything is brightly painted in primary hues. On closer inspection, you see the reality behind this brightly colored landscape: a dark, grinding poverty, the worst in the Western hemisphere.” FirstsHeartKindRealityDarkBehindsPovertyWorstBuildingColorLetting GoWesternStrikesPrimariesLandscapeBusClothingsFencePortHaitiHueCaribbeanHemisphereInspectionNever Let Go Author:Andrea Mitchell
“Unemployment in the sense of distress is widely disappearing. . . . We in America today are nearer to the final triumph over poverty than ever before in the history of any land. The poor-house is vanishing from among us. We have not yet reached the goal, but given a change to go forward with the policies of the last eight years, and we shall soon with he help of God be in sight of the day when poverty will be banished from this nation. There is no guarantee against poverty equal to a job for every man. That is the primary purpose of the economic policies we advocate” MenYearsHelpingTodayJobsLastsAmericaPurposeHouseGivenNationsGoalPoorPovertyEconomicLandPolicyEqualSightFinalsEightDisappearEvery ManPrimariesTriumphGuaranteesDistressUnemploymentVanishingEconomic PolicyAmerica Today Author:Herbert Hoover
“I would put primary emphasis on a good standard of living equitably distributed. It can't be equal, but one that eliminates the terrible cruelty of poverty.” PovertyTerribleEqualStandardsCrueltyPrimariesEmphasisStandards Of Living Author:John Kenneth Galbraith
“Liberty and freedom were the primary reason that people wanted to come here. They wanted to escape bondage, slavery, tyranny, poverty, whatever, where they lived. It was America that promised a much better life.” PeopleReasonWantedAmericaLibertyPovertySlaveryTyrannyPrimariesBondageBetter LifeFreedom And Liberty Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Almost half of the population of the world lives in rural regions and mostly in a state of poverty. Such inequalities in human development have been one of the primary reasons for unrest and, in some parts of the world, even violence.” WorldHumansHas BeensStatesReasonHalfPovertyViolenceDevelopmentPopulationInequalityPrimariesRegionsHuman DevelopmentUnrestWorld PopulationHuman PopulationWorld Life Author:Abdul Kalam
“I spent almost 25 years as a foreign correspondent, and the world's primary problem is poverty.” WorldYearsProblemPovertyPrimaries Author:P. J. O'Rourke