The opposite of poverty is not wealth. ¦ In too many places, the opposite of poverty is justice. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“There is no point in poverty if it does not make a rich man, observing it, feel better.” — Tom Morrison Copy Share Image
“Poverty has a way of taking the edge off principles. Hunger can blunt them altogether.” — Paula Brackston Copy Share Image
Poverty is not a sin; it is a condition, a circumstance that allows God's work to be displayed. — Katie Davis Copy Share Image
“Hunger takes away what you are. Everything we were was just nothing then.” — Sebastian Barry Copy Share Image
The matter of social security and these grants is to help to address the levels of poverty in the country. — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
“...the unmistakable smell of poverty, a mixture of cigarette smoke, weed, stale sweat, and fried food.” — Allison Leotta Copy Share Image
The greatest step forward in human evolution was made when society began to help the weak and the poor, instead of oppressing… — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
“People in the city are poor because they are oppressed, discriminated against and alienated; people in the country are poor because they're… — Garret Keizer Copy Share Image
“I came to think of poverty of speech as a reflection of the richness of the mind, giving it time to explore… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
One ought not to encourage beggars, and yes, you are right, it is far better to donate to charities that address the… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
Historically, it has required a combination of favorable employment trends and active government intervention to lower the percentage of people in poverty… — Stephanie Coontz Copy Share Image
Take every penny you have set aside for aid for Tanzania and spend it in the UK, explaining to people the facts… — Julius Nyerere Copy Share Image
Poverty is a trap: it should be eradicated. It's no real answer just lifting a few children from families stuck on low… — Dawn Foster Copy Share Image
When a poor man gives something, that is a sacrifice indeed. When a rich man gives something, it hardly rises to the… — David Baldacci Copy Share Image
“Poor people don't want to stay poor. But there's a misconception that it's somehow "unfair" to poor people, or, worse, racist, to… — Carl Safina Copy Share Image
Any strategy to reduce intergenerational poverty has to be centered on work, not welfare--not only because work provides independence and income but… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
At the beginning of this marvelous era it was natural to expect, and it was expected, that laborsaving inventions would lighten the… — Henry George Copy Share Image
“Here was the South Side--a million in captivity--stretching from this doorstep as far as the eye could see. And they didn't even… — James Baldwin Copy Share Image
If the philosophy of Christianity were lived, wars would cease, unhappiness would cease, economic problems would be solved, poverty would be wiped… — Ernest Holmes Copy Share Image
The failure of the first Barack Obama administration to really deliver on a new War on Poverty and a new language to… — Sasha Abramsky Copy Share Image
Our people are dying, poverty and unemployment are on the rise, but the rest of the world says that Musharraf is needed… — Benazir Bhutto Copy Share Image
Poverty entails fear and stress and sometimes depression. It meets a thousand petty humiliations and hardships. Climbing out of poverty by your… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
![“Our people are dying, poverty and unemployment are on the rise, but the rest of the world says that Musharraf is needed because [only] he can stop nuclear proliferation, [only] he [can launch] an operation in the tribal areas. So he manipulates and dangles some kind of carrot in front of the world…” quote by Benazir Bhutto](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/0b8/benazir-bhutto-7903_areas_our-people-are-dying-poverty-and-unemplo_1630382.jpg)
