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title: "3 Gesture Charity Quotes by 3 authors"
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> [Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice. It is the protection of a fundamental human…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/overcoming-poverty-is-not-a-gesture-of-charity-it-is-an-act-of/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/331/anonymous-1_charity_overcoming-poverty-is-not-a-gesture-of-c_324138.jpg)

> [“Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice. It is the protection of a fundamental human…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nelson-mandela/overcoming-poverty-is-not-a-gesture-of-charity-it-is-an-act-of-2/)

[Nelson Mandela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nelson-mandela/)

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> [Is a gesture of charity genuine or is it a kind of deep moral tax write-off?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/padgett-powell/is-a-gesture-of-charity-genuine-or-is-it-a-kind-of-deep-moral-tax/)

[Padgett Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/padgett-powell/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/678/padgett-powell-14196_charity_is-a-gesture-of-charity-genuine-or-is-it_2749190.png)

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