“Poverty is like a crumb that sits at a table, and starves itself to death.” — Anthony Liccione Copy Share Image
In poor countries, the rich and powerful crush the poor and powerless. — Adam Davidson Copy Share Image
The most terrible poverty is loneliness, and the feeling of being unloved. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
As covetousness is the root of all evil, so poverty is the worst of all snares. — Daniel Defoe Copy Share Image
What kind of a society are we going to have if it consists of highly paid people doing high-value-added work - and… — Andy Grove Copy Share Image
“If it is true that one is poor on account of all the things one wants, the ambitious and the avaricious languish… — Jean de La Bruyère Copy Share Image
“The level of your self-control is measured as the difference between how you act when you have nothing and how you react… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
I believe it is wrong, in a country of such wealth and prosperity, to have 36 million Americans living in poverty. — John Edward Copy Share Image
Almsgiving above all else requires money, but even this shines with a brighter luster when the alms are given from our poverty.… — Saint John Chrysostom Copy Share Image
No, I have no desire for riches. Honest poverty and a conscience, torpid through virtuous inaction, are more to me than corner… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
What too few people mention when discussing crime is the degree to which concentrated poverty, hopelessness and despair are the chambermaids of… — Charles M. Blow Copy Share Image
Poverty is curable, but it’s just not done, because it's not profitable. And that is the kind of violence that's perpetuated on… — Tom Morello Copy Share Image
Growing economies are critical; we will never be able to end poverty unless economies are growing. We also need to find ways… — Jim Yong Kim Copy Share Image
Spending time in Soweto, and looking at the issues, and experiencing the poverty first-hand, had an enormous impact. I was brought up… — Gregg Wallace Copy Share Image
We must understand the role of human rights as empowering of individuals and communities. By protecting these rights, we can help prevent… — Mary Robinson Copy Share Image
Saving our planet, lifting people out of poverty, advancing economic growth... these are one and the same fight. We must connect the… — Ban Ki-moon Copy Share Image
“Cabral’s poetry, as with Guimarães Rosa’s prose, constituted a critical reply to the relations of determination that existed in regionalist literature between… — Durval Muniz de Albuquerque Jr Copy Share Image
“Some secret of nurture withered a generation or two before I arrived, if it had ever existed before among the poor, marginalized… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
I believe in a world of justice and human rights for all. A world where girls can grow up free of fear… — Ban Ki-moon Copy Share Image
The United States, in people's perverted minds, is responsible for all the destitution and all the poverty and all the victimization around… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
