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It's hard to do it because you gotta look people in the eye and tell 'em they're irresponsible and lazy. And who's gonna wanna do that? Because that's what poverty is, ladies and gentlemen. In this country, you can succeed if you get educated and work hard. Period. Period.

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

There's a lot of freedom in having nothing. You don't have responsibility. You have nobody to answer to. But I'd rather deal without the poverty.

Poverty makes you wise but it's a curse.

My poverty is not complete: it lacks me.

Why is it is claimed that if people won't or can't take care of their own needs, that people in government can do it for them?

When we see people that are impoverished and people who are dealt an unfair hand, then if we have the power to help them, we should try to do that.

Poverty is restriction and as such, it is the greatest injustice you can perpetrate upon yourself.

To get away from poverty, you need several things at the same time: school, health, and infrastructure - those are the public investments. And on the other side, you need market opportunities, information, employment, and human rights.

You can't get rid of poverty by giving people money.