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title: "1 Poverty Crime Quotes By Sarah Kendzior"
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> [“When wealth is passed off as merit, bad luck is seen as bad character. This is how ideologues justify punishing the sick and the poor. But poverty is neither a crime nor a character flaw. Stigmatise those who let people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-kendzior/when-wealth-is-passed-off-as-merit-bad-luck-is-seen-as-bad-character/)

[Sarah Kendzior](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-kendzior/)

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## More by Sarah Kendzior

> [“The Iraq war is notable not only for journalistic weakness, but for journalistic futility: the futility of fact itself. Fact could not match the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-kendzior/the-iraq-war-is-notable-not-only-for-journalistic-weakness-but-for/)

[Sarah Kendzior](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-kendzior/)

> [“It could always be worse, they say. They don't like to say that it could always be better, because that would require redress. Ranking”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-kendzior/it-could-always-be-worse-they-say-they-don-t-like-to-say-that-it/)

[Sarah Kendzior](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-kendzior/)

> [“In one of the wealthiest countries in the world, privation should not come with the job description, and survival should not be an aspiration.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-kendzior/in-one-of-the-wealthiest-countries-in-the-world-privation-should-not/)

[Sarah Kendzior](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-kendzior/)

> [“The internet would seem an antidote to conspiracy theories and state secrecy, but it has only amplified both.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-kendzior/the-internet-would-seem-an-antidote-to-conspiracy-theories-and-state/)

[Sarah Kendzior](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-kendzior/)

> [“When wealth is passed off as merit, bad luck is seen as bad character. This is how ideologues justify punishing the sick and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-kendzior/when-wealth-is-passed-off-as-merit-bad-luck-is-seen-as-bad-character/)

[Sarah Kendzior](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-kendzior/)

> [“When you listen to someone complaining, you are forced to acknowledge them as a human being instead of a category. You are forced to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-kendzior/when-you-listen-to-someone-complaining-you-are-forced-to-acknowledge/)

[Sarah Kendzior](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-kendzior/)

> [“When survival is touted as an aspiration, sacrifice becomes a virtue. But a hero is not a person who suffers. A suffering person is a person…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-kendzior/when-survival-is-touted-as-an-aspiration-sacrifice-becomes-a-virtue/)

[Sarah Kendzior](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-kendzior/)

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