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This nation has always struggled with how it was going to deal with poor people and people of color. Every few years you will see some great change in the way that they approach this. We’ve had the war on poverty that never really got into waging a real war on poverty  (War On Poverty Quotes) For too long, we’ve attached some mythic notion to government solutions, and yet, 40 years after we began the War on Poverty, poverty still abounds.  (War On Poverty Quotes) If I had my way, I’d end all wars and poverty. We should all be more aware of what’s going on in the world around us and less ignorant.  (War On Poverty Quotes) I do think that humanitarians and journalists alike have focused on all the things that go wrong, and that they sometimes leave the perception in the public that the war on poverty has been lost. That Africa is just a bottomless pit of despair. When, in fact, really the opposite is true on both fronts.  (War On Poverty Quotes) The origins of these [schooling] federal policies were tied to President Johnson’s war on poverty. Supplemental funds were sent to school districts serving poor children to compensate for issues related to poverty. Since the enactment of NCLB, the focus on mitigating poverty has been replaced by a focus on accountability as measured by test scores  (War On Poverty Quotes) These economic, social, cultural and educational causes of opportunity inequality are complex. And they will not be solved by continuing with the same stale Washington ideas. Five decades and trillions of dollars after President Johnson waged his War on Poverty, the results of this big-government approach are in  (War On Poverty Quotes) We must win the war on poverty by enlisting the greatest weapon ever invented - free enterprise  (War On Poverty Quotes) Money is not going to organize the disadvantaged, the powerless, or the poor. We need other weapons. That’s why the War on Poverty is such a miserable failure. You put out a big pot of money and all you do is fight over it. Then you run out of money and you run out of troops  (War On Poverty Quotes) Africa the continent is not just what we see on the news. It’s... not AIDS, and it’s not just war and poverty. It’s so much more. It’s an abundant continent, and Botswana is an abundant place  (War On Poverty Quotes) My attitude to peace is rather based on the Burmese definition of peace - it really means removing all the negative factors that destroy peace in this world. So peace does not mean just putting an end to violence or to war, but to all other factors that threaten peace, such as discrimination, such as inequality, poverty  (War On Poverty Quotes) Let’s face it - think of Africa, and the first images that come to mind are of war, poverty, famine and flies. How many of us really know anything at all about the truly great ancient African civilizations, which in their day, were just as splendid and glorious as any on the face of the earth?  (War On Poverty Quotes) I believe the war on poverty is a more American idea than the war on the war on poverty. I believe that most people feel like that. And I believe that it ain’t over till it’s over  (War On Poverty Quotes) There was never a war on poverty. Maybe there was a skirmish on povert  (War On Poverty Quotes) War on nations changes maps. War on poverty maps change  (War On Poverty Quotes) We fought a war on poverty, and poverty won  (War On Poverty Quotes) The war on poverty programs help address the pain of poverty  (War On Poverty Quotes) This administration here and now declares unconditional war on poverty  (War On Poverty Quotes) Some years ago, the federal government declared war on poverty, and poverty won  (War On Poverty Quotes) Instead of war on poverty, they got a war on drugs so the police can bother me  (War On Poverty Quotes) Part of the problem with a war on poverty today is that many Americans have decided that being poor is a character defect, not an economic condition  (War On Poverty Quotes) The government’s War on Poverty has transformed poverty from a short-term misfortune into a career choice  (War On Poverty Quotes) The ultimate objective of subsidies should be to empower the poor, to break the cycle of poverty, and become foot-soldiers in our war on poverty  (War On Poverty Quotes) If we have an honest discussion on whether the war on poverty should be fought with welfare or with economic growth in the private sector, Democrats will lose black votes  (War On Poverty Quotes) 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  (War On Poverty Quotes)