“The chemists are a strange class of mortals, impelled by an almost insane impulse to seek their pleasures amid smoke and vapour,… — Johann Joachim Becher Copy Share Image
The slaving Poor are incapable of any Principles: Gentlemen may be converted to true Principles, by Time and Experience. The middling Rank… — David Hume Copy Share Image
“Honey, it isn’t democracy that runs this country. Capitalism rules. It does no good to reason with the capitalists or their politicians.… — Jerry Ash Copy Share Image
The first thing we should acknowledge is that poverty is hugely expensive. It varies from country to country, but most of the… — Rutger Bregman Copy Share Image
Poor people of all colors are getting poorer and our communities are getting more toxic. There is a misconception that to grow… — Majora Carter Copy Share Image
Isn't it sad, that in a time when we face so many devastating problems - poverty, HIV/AIDS, war and conflict - that… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
There was an undercurrent of poverty throughout my childhood. We lived with my grandmother in her two-bedroom flat, and I slept with… — Bernard Hill Copy Share Image
The fact is that people who strap bombs to their bodies to blow up families at a Bar Mitzvah in Israel, plant… — Dennis Prager Copy Share Image
The best way to perpetuate poverty is spending on arms, and poverty itself is a form of violence. The wealthy industrialized countries… — Oscar Arias Copy Share Image
“Wealth File 1. Rich people believe "I create my life." Poor people believe "Life happens to me." 2. Rich people play the… — T. Harv Eker Copy Share Image
What I would say to young women is: Pay attention to the real. Pay attention to what you're really thirsting for. What… — Eve Ensler Copy Share Image
Even today we don't pay serious attention to the issue of poverty, because the powerful remain relatively untouched by it. Most people… — Muhammad Yunus Copy Share Image
I did not come from an academic background. My father was a smart man, but he had a fifth-grade education. He and… — Leonard Susskind Copy Share Image
It was a very economically depressed time [the 80s] and because of that, there was a lot of space. Everything was relatively… — Kiki Smith Copy Share Image
“I went to Guatemala to help build a school but left wondering what "help" would really look like... I hadn't prepared myself… — Dee Williams Copy Share Image
What happened after Katrina is that people were stirred to action; there were an enormous number of contributions by people trying to… — Elizabeth Edwards Copy Share Image
Many writers claim that nearly all crime is caused by economic conditions, or in other words that poverty is practically the whole… — Clarence Darrow Copy Share Image
We have a serious problem with incarceration in this country. It's destroying families, it's destroying communities and we're the most incarcerated country… — John Legend Copy Share Image
We always keep saying, 'We're the best, we're the best.' Other countries offer healthcare for their people. We don't, so how are… — Richard Ojeda Copy Share Image
“Blobfish, the guy who snapped a hamsters neck, myself, the homeless guy who has never thrown a punch (but has killed a… — Craig Stone Copy Share Image
If you surrender everything to the government and give it total power to plan the whole economy, this will not guarantee your… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“Statistics show that the nature of English crime is reverting to its oldest habits. In a country where so many desire status… — Christopher Fowler Copy Share Image
My grandmother instilled in me two important lessons: I was just as good as anyone else, and education was my salvation. Fortunately,… — Joy Bryant Copy Share Image
It seems to me both moral and practical that in the richest in nation in the world that someone working full time… — Katrina vanden Heuvel Copy Share Image
The chief moral obligation of the 21st Century is to build a green economy that is strong enough to lift people out… — Van Jones Copy Share Image
“Cung said, “I have researched Vietnamese People fleeing to the land of the Uc da Loi! On the 26th of April 1976,… — Michael G. Kramer Copy Share Image
I am no longer cursed by poverty because I took possession of my own mind, and that mind has yielded me every… — Andrew Carnegie Copy Share Image
“No solution will be found by accepting powerlessness or poverty as inevitable, irreplaceable social features. The failure of the system to answer… — Louis D. Lo Praeste Copy Share Image
“We know that poverty is unpleasant; in fact, since it is so remote, we rather enjoy harrowing ourselves with the thought of… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
I grew up in poverty and my mother had to sacrifice a lot for us to eat and get an education -… — Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Copy Share Image
Poverty is not only about income poverty, it is about the deprivation of economic and social rights, insecurity, discrimination, exclusion and powerlessness.… — Irene Khan Copy Share Image
Go walk the streets of Beijing. It's pretty hard to argue it isn't a modern city. Now, if you go outside [of… — Michael Bloomberg Copy Share Image
Too often the media assumes that "poverty" is an African American or a Latino issue. Of course, that's nonsense. While a higher… — Sasha Abramsky Copy Share Image
We have grown literally afraid to be poor. We despise anyone who elects to be poor in order to simplify and save… — William James Copy Share Image
All of us--all who knew her--felt so wholesome after we cleaned ourselves on her. We were so beautiful when we stood astride… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
We must appreciate that all over the world, right down the centuries, there have been great religions that have encouraged the idea… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
The merits of deeper debt cancellation, when accompanied by conditions of accountability and transparency on the part of recipient countries, have been… — John Ricard Copy Share Image
To overcome poverty and the flaws of the economic crisis in our society, we need to envision our social life. We have… — Muhammad Yunus Copy Share Image
Whatsoever is good for God's children they shall have it, for all is theirs to further them to heaven; therefore, if poverty… — Richard Sibbes Copy Share Image
Ti's not religion nor politics nor decree, Ti's not history nor ethics nor the visions you might see, Ti's the simplicity to… — Jasmina Siderovski Copy Share Image
![“Isn't it sad, that in a time when we face so many devastating problems - poverty, HIV/AIDS, war and conflict - that in our Communion we should be investing so much time and energy on disagreement about sexual orientation?" [The Communion, which] "used to be known for embodying the attribute of…” quote by Desmond Tutu](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/942/desmond-tutu-442_accommodate_isn-t-it-sad-that-in-a-time-when-we-face_805419.jpg)
![“It was a very economically depressed time [the 80s] and because of that, there was a lot of space. Everything was relatively dilapidated, and one could live on a pretty low income. One could live well below the poverty line and not suffer immensely.” quote by Kiki Smith](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/6f7/kiki-smith-10643_80s_it-was-a-very-economically-depressed-tim_26978.jpg)
![“Go walk the streets of Beijing. It's pretty hard to argue it isn't a modern city. Now, if you go outside [of Beijing], in the rural areas, that's true. But rural America, you can say the same thing, in Appalachia there's an awful lot of poverty and lack of education.” quote by Michael Bloomberg](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/726/michael-bloomberg-1293_america_go-walk-the-streets-of-beijing-it-s-pret_482884.png)
