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title: "2 Poverty Fight Quotes by 2 authors"
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> [Poverty should be one of the top concerns for any elected leader. It has a negative effect on almost everything we as society entrust our government to do, but it seems that those in the Republican Party find it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-crumpton/poverty-should-be-one-of-the-top-concerns-for-any-elected-leader-it/)

[Ron Crumpton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-crumpton/)

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> [“One would hope that if the world woke up to such a reality, it would swiftly acknowledge and respond to the disaster—but tragically, the world has neither woken up to the reality nor responded in a way that offers meaningful…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-a-haugen/one-would-hope-that-if-the-world-woke-up-to-such-a-reality-it-would/)

[Gary A. Haugen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-a-haugen/)

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