William J. Clinton Quotes About Poverty

Quotes about: Poverty

• Simply put, unsustainable debt is helping to keep too many poor countries and poor people in poverty.

  William J. Clinton

  Country, People, Debt

  William J. Clinton (2000). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton, 1999”, p.1631, Government Printing Office

• It turns out that advancing equal opportunity and economic empowerment is both morally right and good economics. Why? Because discrimination, poverty and ignorance restrict growth. We know that investments in education, infrastructure and scientific and technological research increase growth. They increase good jobs, and they create new wealth for all of us.

  William J. Clinton

  Jobs, Ignorance, Opportunity

  "Transcript of Bill Clinton's Speech to the Democratic National Convention". www.nytimes.com. September 5, 2012.

• If you want a future of shared prosperity, where the middle class is growing and poverty is declining, where the American Dream really is alive and well again, and where the United States remains the leading force for peace and justice and prosperity in a highly competitive world, you have to vote for Barack Obama.

  William J. Clinton

  Dream, Class, United States

  "2012 Democratic Convention: Bill Clinton Goes All-In for Obama's Reelection in Rousing Speech" by Tina Daunt, www.hollywoodreporter.com. September 5, 2012.

• We live in a completely interdependent world, which simply means we can not escape each other. How we respond to AIDS depends, in part, on whether we understand this interdependence. It is not someone else's problem. This is everybody's problem.

  William J. Clinton

  Mean, Hiv, Aids Day

  "Fighting Stigma: Why the Depiction of Illness Matters" by David M. Kirby, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 15, 2016.

• Global poverty is a powder keg that could be ignited by our indifference.

  William J. Clinton

  Kegs, Poverty, Indifference

• Poverty, discrimination, and ignorance restrict growth.

  William J. Clinton

  Ignorance, Growth, Poverty

  Bill Clinton's Speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, www.nytimes.com. September 5, 2012.

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