There are organizations like Southern Poverty Law Center, there are some private investigators that work for the Republican Establishment, that actually use… — Matt Shea Copy Share Image
Many a young person tells me he wants to be a writer. I always encourage such people, but I also explain that… — Alex Haley Copy Share Image
Abu Dharr once described the people of the world, says, "They breed what will they ultimately bury, they build what will eventually… — Abu Dhar al-Ghifari Copy Share Image
The intention of this way of life [voluntary simplicity] is not to dogmatically live with less. It's a more demanding intention of… — Duane Elgin Copy Share Image
Microfinance recognizes that poor people are remarkable reservoirs of energy and knowledge, posing an untapped opportunity to create markets, bring people in… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
“I am a citizen of this country,” I declare, “and Mr. Mayor, tonight I will be a citizen of this city when… — Jerry Ash Copy Share Image
I never felt I could give up my life of freedom to become a man's housekeeper. When I was young, if a… — Susan B. Anthony Copy Share Image
The essential role of the environment is still marginal in discussions about poverty. While we continue to debate these initiatives, environmental degradation,… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
The first time I received an award, I was very surprised. I did not know whether to accept it or not. But… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
No nation ever taxed itself into prosperity. You could afford your house without the government-if it weren't for the government. Character matters;… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
The ratio of boys to girls is bad in three big countries in Asia: China, Vietnam, and India. It's worst in the… — Barbara Crossette Copy Share Image
The problem in Peru is not so much poverty - it is inequality. The essence of the discourse in 2005 and 2006… — Ollanta Humala Copy Share Image
Recent research shows that many children without enough to eat wind up with diminished capacity to understand and learn (“cognitive impairment” ).… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
Dream of a world where poverty is history, dream of a world where we don't spend those obscene billions on arms, knowing… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
If we want to cure the things that threaten life, limb and even survival, we need to heal our sick political system.… — Jill Stein Copy Share Image
The most revolutionary aspect of technology is its mobility. Anybody can learn it. It jumps easily over barriers of race and language.… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
“I go back to the union man and say, “Sir, this is a house of God, not a proper place for a… — Jerry Ash Copy Share Image
The Gujarat model laced with the Godhra stink is a model of hatred that has taken 2,000 lives, while the Congress model… — Asrani Copy Share Image
The real causes of terrorism are not poverty and oppression per se, but rather the bankruptcy of materialist ideologies, like Neo-Conservatism, which… — Robert Dickson Crane Copy Share Image
“But I do think hardly of you...and I'll tell you why--not so much because you refused to give me shelter, or regarded… — Charlotte Brontë Copy Share Image
“Preindustrial living standards are predictable based on knowledge of disease and environment. Differences in social energy across societies were muted by the… — Gregory Clark Copy Share Image
“One of the reasons inequality gets so deep in this country is that everyone wants to be rich. That's the American ideal.… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
The case for open markets, free trade, private investment and technology has never been stronger in development. Over the decades, this combination… — Priti Patel Copy Share Image
When you talk about war on poverty it doesn't mean very much; but if you can show to some degree this sort… — Ben Shahn Copy Share Image
The black socks [on me at Olympics in 1968] emphasized the fact that we had so many Blacks and people of color… — John Carlos Copy Share Image
“I, on the other hand, interrupt people because my thoughts fly out of my mouth. My handbag's full of rubbish. And I… — Alison Larkin Copy Share Image
No matter how you measure it, women and girls bear the brunt of poverty. But it's also clear that women are also… — Helene D. Gayle Copy Share Image
You may feel overwhelmed by your own poverty and the labors of the day. But if you decide not to wait until… — Henry B. Eyring Copy Share Image
A greater poverty than that caused by lack of money is the poverty of unawareness. Men and women go about the world… — Thomas Dreier Copy Share Image
Pope Benedict XVI assumes leadership at a critical time in which the world's collective wisdom and leadership including that of the religious… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
The capitalist system has lifted mankind out of mass poverty. It is this system that in the last century, in the last… — Henry Hazlitt Copy Share Image
We are still a country where hard work and perseverance can earn you a better life... Yet we are rightfully troubled that… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
Thousands are the children of poor foreigners who have permitted them to grow up without school, education, or religion. All the neglect… — Charles Loring Brace Copy Share Image
I lived in great poverty as a child and young woman, and I used to think of money and how to make… — Leslie Parrish Copy Share Image
Our status as a land of equal opportunity has made us a rich and powerful nation, but it has also transformed lives.… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
Because there is global insecurity, nations are engaged in a mad arms race, spending billions of dollars wastefully on instruments of destruction,… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
Whoever seeks honor [by marrying a woman] will be tested with lowliness, and whoever seeks wealth [by marrying a woman] will be… — Sufyan ibn `Uyaynah Copy Share Image
I have a fear of poverty in old age. I have this vision of myself living in a skip and eating cat… — Jenny Eclair Copy Share Image
The whole attempt to advance the kind of consumer society that depends for its growth on the ceaseless stimulation of unlimited covetousness… — Lesslie Newbigin Copy Share Image
And every historic effort to forge a democratic project has been undermined by two fundamental realities: poverty and paranoia. The persistence of… — Cornel West Copy Share Image