“No, there is nothing at all funny in poverty—to the poor. It is hell upon earth to a sensitive man; and many… — Jerome K. Jerome Copy Share Image
At the current $5.15 an hour, the federal minimum wage has become a poverty wage. A full-time worker with one child lives… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
“I know what it is to be in need and what it is to have more than enough. I have learnt this… — Saint Paul Copy Share Image
“My charge to you and to anyone else who desire greatness is that you should not trivialize time.” — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
“Without solitude, we are overwhelmed by all the things we hope to do and all of the things we hope to do… — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
“The spirit of poverty always causes a person to do two things: blame their circumstance for their lack, and feel entitled.” — Kynan Bridges Copy Share Image
The ratio of boys to girls is bad in three big countries in Asia: China, Vietnam, and India. It's worst in the… — Barbara Crossette Copy Share Image
We have so many issues today that we need to confront. Comprehensive immigration reform. We have to solve the issue of poverty,… — John Lewis Copy Share Image
Most people don't see themselves as sitting on that bottom rung as a defense mechanism. The more they blame poor people for… — Stephanie Land Copy Share Image
May I not forget that poverty and riches are of the spirit. Though the world knows me not, may my thoughts and… — Max Ehrmann Copy Share Image
The middle of the road is a poor place to walk. It is a poor place to drive. It is a poor… — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
Extreme poverty threatens people's right to life itself and makes impossible the enjoyment of the rights and freedoms essential to a humane… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
“Imperialism and exploitation,” he wrote, “spheres of influence, trade barriers, unequal distribution of the world's goods, starvation in the midst of plenty,… — Sara Miles Copy Share Image
In the poorest countries...it is women who are the key to breaking out of poverty...and preparing another generation for...leading their countries into… — Queen Noor of Jordan Copy Share Image
Hispanics don't want more programs to make them comfortable in their poverty. What Hispanics really want is more opportunity: the freedom to… — Rachel Campos-Duffy Copy Share Image
Religion must be used in furthering great works of justice and reform. It must be used to establish right relations between different… — John Haynes Holmes Copy Share Image
The Black public sector middle class teachers, policeman, firemen, and post office workers, those jobs have been on the decline but there… — Jesse Jackson Copy Share Image
With the right support, a child growing up in a dysfunctional household, who was destined for a lifetime on benefits could be… — Iain Duncan Smith Copy Share Image
“Give a man of prosperity the lack in which a man of poverty has and he will turn it into prosperity. Give… — Tiffany Buckner-Kameni Copy Share Image
“I use “anticapitalist” because conservative defenders of capitalism regularly say their liberal and socialist opponents are against capitalism. They say efforts to… — Ibram X. Kendi Copy Share Image
“the holy art of “giving for Jesus’ sake” ought to be much more strongly developed among us Christians. Never forget that all… — Abraham Kuyper Copy Share Image
There were reprints of American editorials. Liberals saw it as a resurgence of social protest and decried the discrimination, poverty, and hunger… — Dan Simmons Copy Share Image
Despite all of the civil rights gains of the past several decades, when it comes to economic opportunity, African Americans and Latinos… — Sasha Abramsky Copy Share Image
Our only hope today lies in our ability to recapture the revolutionary spirit and go out into a sometimes hostile world declaring… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
“You have just one life here on earth and it behooves you to make the best out of it.” — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
When we were bringing 'Raisin' onto Broadway, our first stop was at Arena in D.C. Several things struck me about being in… — Joe Morton Copy Share Image
“This is where the factionless live. Because they failed to complete initiation into whatever faction they chose, they live in poverty, doing… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
Hungry for love, He looks at you. Thirsty for kindness, He begs of you. Naked for loyalty, He hopes in you. Homeless… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
Today, we live in a world of incredible wealth and technology, alongside the most horrendous conditions of poverty, war and environmental crisis.… — Kshama Sawant Copy Share Image
If you look at it on just a very cold scale, corporations and the government do not care about the poor. So… — Mr. Lif Copy Share Image
What is really desired, under the name of riches, is essentially, power over men ... this power ... is in direct proportion… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
A man can be a hero if he is a scientist, or a soldier, or a drug addict, or a disc jockey,… — Andrea Dworkin Copy Share Image
“Despite claims that these radical policy changes were driven by fiscal conservatism...the reality is that government was not reducing the amount of… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
As a young girl growing up in poverty, I know firsthand how much a paycheck from a summer job can make a… — London Breed Copy Share Image
Progress to reduce hunger is being made by tackling both the cause and the consequences of extreme poverty and famine. — Tae Yoo Copy Share Image
“If you really want to be financially wealthy, you must begin to convert your time into producing something for the world.” — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
“Is there for honest Poverty That hings his head, an' a' that; The coward slave-we pass him by, We dare be poor… — Robert Burns Copy Share Image
If I cannot address the issue of visible homelessness and abject poverty on the streets of this community, I will not get… — Ted Wheeler Copy Share Image
A single assembly will never be a steady guardian of the laws, if Machiavel is right, when he says, Men are never… — John Adams Copy Share Image
