--- title: "12 Childhood Poverty Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 12 Childhood Poverty quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Childhood Poverty sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ed/bernie-sanders-233_billionaire_we-re-not-going-to-let-the-united-states_1894827.jpg" --- > [We're not going to let the United States continue to have one of the highest rates of childhood poverty in the industrialized…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-sanders/we-re-not-going-to-let-the-united-states-continue-to-have-one-of-the/) [Bernie Sanders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-sanders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ed/bernie-sanders-233_billionaire_we-re-not-going-to-let-the-united-states_1894827.jpg) > [As policy makers, Congress has the power to promote public policies that economically empower single parents and drastically reduce childhood poverty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-veasey/as-policy-makers-congress-has-the-power-to-promote-public-policies/) [Marc Veasey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-veasey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c09/marc-veasey-11234_childhood_as-policy-makers-congress-has-the-power_2909810.jpg) > [It is widely known that the effects of childhood poverty follow children through adolescence and into adulthood.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-van-hollen/it-is-widely-known-that-the-effects-of-childhood-poverty-follow/) [Chris Van Hollen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-van-hollen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e9/chris-van-hollen-25753_adolescence_it-is-widely-known-that-the-effects-of-c_705595.jpg) > [Today, the United States is No. 1 in corporate profits, No. 1 in CEO salaries, No. 1 in childhood poverty and No.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-sanders/today-the-united-states-is-no-1-in-corporate-profits-no-1-in-ceo/) [Bernie Sanders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-sanders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f44/bernie-sanders-233_ceo_today-the-united-states-is-no-1-in-corpo_2978179.jpg) > [I live 50 miles from London and we've got some of the highest levels of teenage and childhood poverty in the country.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-daltrey/i-live-50-miles-from-london-and-we-ve-got-some-of-the-highest-levels/) [Roger Daltrey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-daltrey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb3/roger-daltrey-9761_childhood_i-live-50-miles-from-london-and-we-ve-go_277477.jpg) > [We have common enemies today. It's called childhood poverty. It's called cancer. It's called AIDS. It's called Parkinson's. It's called Muscular Dystrophy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-doyle/we-have-common-enemies-today-it-s-called-childhood-poverty-it-s/) [Jerry Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-doyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f08/jerry-doyle-32941_aids_we-have-common-enemies-today-it-s-called_1007473.png) > [Our state will show the nation how we can end childhood poverty through a major expansion of the Earned Income Tax Credit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wes-moore/our-state-will-show-the-nation-how-we-can-end-childhood-poverty/) [Wes Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wes-moore/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/333/wes-moore-2818_childhood_our-state-will-show-the-nation-how-we-ca_2617246.jpg) > [We are living in the richest country in the history of the world, yet we have the highest rate of childhood poverty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-sanders/we-are-living-in-the-richest-country-in-the-history-of-the-world-yet/) [Bernie Sanders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-sanders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c0b/bernie-sanders-233_absolutes_we-are-living-in-the-richest-country-in_3032024.jpg) > [“My childhood was one of both poverty and plenty, suffering and joy. I was taken out of poverty, both financial and emotional,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-niles/my-childhood-was-one-of-both-poverty-and-plenty-suffering-and-joy-i/) [Sara Niles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-niles/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed9/sara-niles-27810_childhood_my-childhood-was-one-of-both-poverty-and_450608.jpg) > [In Germany, many other countries, college tuition is free. Why isn't free in America? Why do we have the highest rate of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-sanders/in-germany-many-other-countries-college-tuition-is-free-why-isn-t/) [Bernie Sanders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-sanders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/079/bernie-sanders-233_america_in-germany-many-other-countries-college_3053515.jpg) > [“Is it moral that, when millions of seniors are unable to afford the medicine they need, the top one-tenth of 1 percent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-sanders/is-it-moral-that-when-millions-of-seniors-are-unable-to-afford-the/) [Bernie Sanders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-sanders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ab/bernie-sanders-233_wealth_is-it-moral-that-when-millions-of-senior_798855.jpg) > [“Work by Martha Farah of the University of Pennsylvania, Tom Boyce of UCSF, and others demonstrates something outrageous: By age five, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-sapolsky/work-by-martha-farah-of-the-university-of-pennsylvania-tom-boyce-of/) [Robert M. Sapolsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-m-sapolsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/879/robert-m-sapolsky-1166_children_work-by-martha-farah-of-the-university-o_154147.png) ## Top authors on Childhood Poverty - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-bernie-sanders-17420.jpg) Bernie Sanders 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/childhood-poverty/bernie-sanders/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/childhood-poverty/#itemlist", "name": "Childhood Poverty Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We're not going to let the United States continue to have one of the highest rates of childhood poverty in the industrialized world in - at a time when we're seeing a proliferation of millionaires and billionaires.", "creator": { "@type": 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It is my absolute conviction that everyone in this country deserves a minimum standard of living and we've got to go forward in the fight to make that happen.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Bernie Sanders" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-sanders/we-are-living-in-the-richest-country-in-the-history-of-the-world-yet/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c0b/bernie-sanders-233_absolutes_we-are-living-in-the-richest-country-in_3032024.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c0b/bernie-sanders-233_absolutes_we-are-living-in-the-richest-country-in_3032024.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c0b/bernie-sanders-233_absolutes_we-are-living-in-the-richest-country-in_3032024.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We are living in the richest country in the history of the world, yet we have the highest rate of childhood…” — Bernie Sanders", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 9, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“My childhood was one of both poverty and plenty, suffering and joy. I was taken out of poverty, both financial and emotional, and lavished with love. I was given a gift I could never repay if I lived a thousand lifetimes, it was the gift of hope and trust, given to me by my uncle who believed in me so strongly that I began to believe in myself.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sara Niles" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-niles/my-childhood-was-one-of-both-poverty-and-plenty-suffering-and-joy-i/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed9/sara-niles-27810_childhood_my-childhood-was-one-of-both-poverty-and_450608.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed9/sara-niles-27810_childhood_my-childhood-was-one-of-both-poverty-and_450608.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed9/sara-niles-27810_childhood_my-childhood-was-one-of-both-poverty-and_450608.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“My childhood was one of both poverty and plenty, suffering and joy. I was taken out of poverty, both…” — Sara Niles", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In Germany, many other countries, college tuition is free. Why isn't free in America? Why do we have the highest rate of childhood poverty when other countries have rates much lower than we have? Why don't we have pay equity for women workers? Why aren't we leading the world in transforming our energy system in terms of climate change? We can do that. Are we dumb? Are we lazy? Not the case.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Bernie Sanders" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-sanders/in-germany-many-other-countries-college-tuition-is-free-why-isn-t/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/079/bernie-sanders-233_america_in-germany-many-other-countries-college_3053515.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/079/bernie-sanders-233_america_in-germany-many-other-countries-college_3053515.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/079/bernie-sanders-233_america_in-germany-many-other-countries-college_3053515.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“In Germany, many other countries, college tuition is free. Why isn't free in America? Why do we have the…” — Bernie Sanders", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 11, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Is it moral that, when millions of seniors are unable to afford the medicine they need, the top one-tenth of 1 percent owns as much wealth as the bottom 90 percent? Is it moral that, when we have the highest rates of childhood poverty of almost any major country in the world, the twenty wealthiest people in the country have more wealth than the bottom half of America—160 million people? 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In addition, childhood poverty impairs maturation of the corpus callosum, a bundle of axonal fibers connecting the two hemispheres and integrating their function. This is so wrong—foolishly pick a poor family to be born into, and by kindergarten, the odds of your succeeding at life’s marshmallow tests are already stacked against you.34”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Robert M. 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