“Most of the people in the world are poor, so if we knew the economics of being poor we would know much of the economics that really matters.”

“There is a difference between being broke and being poor. Being broke is a temporary economic situation, but being poor is disabling frame of mind, and a depressed condition of one's spirit, and we must all vow to never, ever be poor again.”

“We all know how 'modern democracies take loaves from the wealthy.' It's the slipups in the 'pass them out to the poor' department that inspire a study of Economics.”

“I believe that we can create a poverty-free world because poverty is not created by poor people. It has been created and sustained by the economic and social systems that we have designed for ourselves; the institutions and concepts that make up that system; the policies that we pursue.”

“History indicates that wolf control is sometimes poor biology, often poor economics, and almost always poor public relations.”

“The world has also learned that economic growth, by itself, cannot close the gap between rich and poor.”