“Alas, poor men, their destiny. When all goes well a shadow will overthrow it. If it be unkind one stroke of a… — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
I have always been really troubled by the amount of poverty in America. Americans are matched in their rich democracy with the… — Matthew Desmond Copy Share Image
Money is only a vehicle that provides you with options, and I say there's only one thing that money can't buy -… — Jerry Doyle Copy Share Image
“I decided I would go with them, but it would be at my father's house that I would eat. I would share… — Phoolan Devi Copy Share Image
Owain crossed his arms over his chest. "I've gone straight. Only good, clean jobs for me now." "So, in other words," North… — Alexandra Bracken Copy Share Image
The globalization that has rescued so many in poor countries has harmed some people in rich countries, as factories and jobs migrated… — Angus Deaton Copy Share Image
The greatest evils and the worst of crimes is poverty; our first duty, a duty to which every other consideration should be… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Pay attention to the hungry, both in this country and around the world. Pay attention to the poor. Pay attention to our… — George McGovern Copy Share Image
Failure of government programs prompts more determined effort, while the loss of liberty is ignored or rationalized away...whether is it is the… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
The forgotten world is made up primarily of the developing nations, where most of the people, comprising more than fifty percent of… — Norman Borlaug Copy Share Image
Today, we are closer to fulfilling America's promise of economic and social justice because we stand on the shoulders of giants like… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
A warlike nation like the Germans, without either cities, letters, arts, or money, found some compensation for this savage state in the… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
Politics, poverty, riches, etc - these are but backdrops for the grand cinema, the opera: the glory of your life. Sure, change… — Alex Ebert Copy Share Image
Overcoming poverty is not a task of charity, it is an act of justice. Like Slavery and Apartheid, poverty is not natural.… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
The secret of culture is to learn, that a few great points steadily reappear, alike in the poverty of the obscurest farm,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The life of the community, both domestically and internationally, clearly demonstrates that respect for rights, and the guarantees that follow from them,… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Creating a system that makes birth control accessible for everyone not only helps women plan for their futures, and lessen the risk… — Ana Kasparian Copy Share Image
We are stronger than those who oppress us, who seek to silence us. We are stronger than the enemies of education. We… — Malala Yousafzai Copy Share Image
I know that government doesn't have the all solutions that real solutions do not come from the top down. Instead, the ways… — Kathleen Blanco Copy Share Image
“The only thing you can do with the dreams when you realize it’s already morning is to regret wasting your life while… — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
A leader. . .is like a shepherd. He stays behind the flock, letting the most nimble go out ahead, whereupon the others… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
“To live factionless is not just to live in poverty and discomfort; it is to live divorced from society, separated from the… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“To rise out of poverty you must change your way of thinking. You can’t live in abundance with impoverished thoughts.” — Germany Kent Copy Share Image
Growing up not having everything given to me I have realized poverty has stimulated and sparked many successful minds like mine these… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Bush senior used to say that we have more will than wallet. So he urged the country to attack poverty with a… — Barney Frank Copy Share Image
“…poverty is not interesting, either to the poor or to the rich. It is the curse of the decent poor to be… — Earl Shorris Copy Share Image
Poverty has a home in Africalike a quiet second skin.It may be the only place on earth where it is worn with… — Bessie Head Copy Share Image
There was no welfare state, and people had to rely mainly on the Poor Law - that was all the state provided.… — Barbara Castle Copy Share Image
Real sorrow is almost as difficult to discover as real poverty. An instinctive delicacy hides the rays of the one and the… — Sophie Swetchine Copy Share Image
Poverty is uncomfortable; but nine times out of ten the best thing that can happen to a young man is to be… — James A. Garfield Copy Share Image
“It is only poverty that makes celibacy contemptible. A single woman of good fortune is always respectable, and may be as sensible… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Give a beggar a dime and he'll bless you. Give him a dollar and he'll curse you for withholding the rest of… — Anzia Yezierska Copy Share Image
Poverty, chastity, and obedience are extremely difficult. But there are always the graces if you will pray for them. — Kathryn Hulme Copy Share Image
My family kinda hit the skids. We were experiencing poverty at that point. We all got a job, where the whole family… — Jim Carrey Copy Share Image
“Whatever territory you choose to explore and then invest all your time into it, you will be amazed how easy it is… — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
“The respectable, like the despised, are always at the mercy of circumstances; the influences of environment and the weight of tradition are… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
He is the rich man in whom the people are rich, and he is the poor man in whom the people are… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Today the situation in India is such that we should make the poor strong so that they become partners in defeating poverty. — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
My father was very much a child of the counterculture movement and was drawn to the idea of alleviating poverty in the… — Lydia Polgreen Copy Share Image
Too much dependence on the market has led to growing inequality and poverty, and too much stress on nature has exacerbated the… — Fumio Kishida Copy Share Image
