Leila Janah Quotes

Handouts are not going to end global poverty, but work - real work - just might.

Talent is equally distributed but opportunity is not.

The greatest challenge of the next 50 years, I believe, will be to create dignified work for everyone... not through handouts and charity, but through market forces.

Don’t underestimate the ripple effect of what you do. These kinds of actionshave toppled empires.

You can use principles of the free market to drive social change.

The best way to end poverty is to simply give people work, which isn't considered 'sexy' among donors who want to fund a preschool or cure a disease.

Migration is the story of my life: my parents and grandparents journeyed across four continents to flee war and find jobs, eventually finding their way to the U.S.

True leadership isn't about having an idea. It's about having an idea and recruiting other people to execute on this vision.