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title: "11 Poverty Unemployment Quotes by 11 authors"
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> [What keeps me up at night is poverty and unemployment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/what-keeps-me-up-at-night-is-poverty-and-unemployment/)

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

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> [Child labor perpetuates poverty, unemployment, illiteracy, population growth and other social problems.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kailash-satyarthi/child-labor-perpetuates-poverty-unemployment-illiteracy-population/)

[Kailash Satyarthi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kailash-satyarthi/)

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> [Corruption in state-owned enterprises and other public institutions has undermined our government's programs to address poverty and unemployment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cyril-ramaphosa/corruption-in-state-owned-enterprises-and-other-public-institutions/)

[Cyril Ramaphosa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cyril-ramaphosa/)

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> [“According to Albert Einstein and Indian Government, Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned; According to me,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-s-jagadeesh-kumar/according-to-albert-einstein-and-indian-government-education-is-what/)

[P.S. Jagadeesh Kumar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-s-jagadeesh-kumar/)

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> [We cannot afford to spend millions and millions over nuclear arms when there is poverty and unemployment all around us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lal-bahadur-shastri/we-cannot-afford-to-spend-millions-and-millions-over-nuclear-arms/)

[Lal Bahadur Shastri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lal-bahadur-shastri/)

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> [Stark inequality, poverty, and unemployment are driving increased social unrest and, consequently, social and economic risk. Environmental deterioration may well intensify social…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharan-burrow/stark-inequality-poverty-and-unemployment-are-driving-increased/)

[Sharan Burrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharan-burrow/)

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> [Our communities are reeling from poverty, from unemployment, from discrimination of all sorts and different interactions that they're having with the law…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/opal-tometi/our-communities-are-reeling-from-poverty-from-unemployment-from/)

[Opal Tometi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/opal-tometi/)

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> [When we shift our public dollars away from our schools and city services and into company developments, it increases the root causes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rashida-tlaib/when-we-shift-our-public-dollars-away-from-our-schools-and-city/)

[Rashida Tlaib](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rashida-tlaib/)

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> [From Scotland to India, and from Silicon Valley to Kenya, policymakers all over the world have become interested in basic income as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rutger-bregman/from-scotland-to-india-and-from-silicon-valley-to-kenya-policymakers/)

[Rutger Bregman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rutger-bregman/)

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> [“The total amount of evil in any system remains constant. Hence, any diminution in one direction - for instance, a reduction in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-issawi/the-total-amount-of-evil-in-any-system-remains-constant-hence-any/)

[Charles Issawi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-issawi/)

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> [Inevitably, people tell me that poor folks are lazy or unintelligent, that they are somehow deserving of their poverty. However, if you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-torres/inevitably-people-tell-me-that-poor-folks-are-lazy-or-unintelligent/)

[Bob Torres](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-torres/)

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