On the one hand we have got to ask, are there some areas of universal benefits that are no longer affordable? But on the other hand let us look at the issue of dependency where we have trapped people in poverty through the extent of welfare that they have.

I have always had a horror and detestation of poverty.

If you search for poverty, you'll find it, often in the family. Why? Because the family makes this great investment, from which we all benefit, but for which no-one helps. We have to point the spotlight on the family, and make political choices that sustain the family.

I write to escape; to escape poverty.

Individual effort is almost relatively impossible to cope with the big problem of poverty as we see it.

A far greater factor than abolishing poverty is the deterrent effect of swift and certain consequences: swift arrest, prompt trial, certain penalty and - at some point - finality of judgment.

Loneliness is the ultimate poverty.

An important lever for sustained action in tackling poverty and reducing hunger is money.

Let me first say that I don't think the millennium target of cutting global poverty in half is an impossible or abstract target. I think it is a real and achievable goal.

The government's War on Poverty has transformed poverty from a short-term misfortune into a career choice.

Left-wing politicians take away your liberty in the name of children and of fighting poverty, while right-wing politicians do it in the name of family values and fighting drugs. Either way, government gets bigger and you become less free.

It is unacceptable that someone can work full time - and work hard - and not be able to lift themselves out of poverty.

You see, the poverty program for the last five years have been buy-off programs.

The poverty program was not designed to eliminate poverty.

Black people must address itself to the causes of poverty. That's oppression in this country.