Poverty is the mother of crime.

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

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

— Jean De La Bruyere

Purposelessness is the fruitful mother of crime.

— Charles Henry Parkhurst

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

— Lucan

“Poverty is the mother of invention”

— Sunday Adelaja

“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

Poverty was my mother's midwife. She had her children in poverty. But she also found a road to bring us a sense of purpose,…

— Harry Belafonte

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

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

The mother of revolution and crime is poverty

— Aristotle

My mother grew up in abject poverty in Mississippi, an elementary school dropout. Yet, with the support of women around her, she returned to…

— Stacey Abrams

Poverty is a crime and the poor are terrorists

— Arundhati Roy