Poverty was my mother's midwife. She had her children in…

My mother was a midwife and a herbalist, so we would go on these long walks, looking for yarrow or rosehips or whatever she…

— Tara Westover

Poverty, the mother of manhood. Also, the mother of prostitution.

— Lucan

Poverty may be the mother of crime, but lack of good sense is the father.

— Jean de la Bruyere

If poverty is the mother of crime, then stupidity is its father.

— Anonymous

“Poverty is the mother of invention”

— Sunday Adelaja

Poverty is the mother of crime.

— Marcus Aurelius

“She's the most important person in the world and her family living in poverty. If our mother is so important to science, why can't…

— Rebecca Skloot

If poverty is the mother of all crimes, lack of intelligence is the father.

— Jean de la Bruyere

When I was growing up, my family was plagued by poverty. My mother, a single parent, worked around the clock to make sure her…

— Patrisse Cullors

If poverty is the mother of crime, lack of good sense is the father.

— Jean De La Bruyere

I grew up in poverty and my mother had to sacrifice a lot for us to eat and get an education - just imagine…

— Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce

Poverty is the mother of all revolutions

— Motsoko Pheko

Fascism is fascism. Terrorism is terrorism. Oppression is oppression.

— Harry Belafonte

I think being born in America and growing up exclusively within the American boundaries of race and race oppression is a very different experience…

— Harry Belafonte

As a matter of fact, compromise is what oppression feeds on.

— Harry Belafonte