“It was once said that the poor are 'constantly exposed to evidence of their own irrelevance.' Especially for poor African-American families -… — Matthew Desmond Copy Share Image
What I would say to the young men and women who are beset by hopelessness and doubt is that they should go… — Abbe Pierre Copy Share Image
The surest path to safe streets and peaceful communities is not more police and prisons, but ecologically sounds economic development. And that… — Van Jones Copy Share Image
Poverty is not something people impose on themselves for want of effort and community organisation. It is constructed by divisive and discriminatory… — Pete Townshend Copy Share Image
My experience working in the Grameen Bank has given me faith; an unshakable faith in the creativity of human beings. It leads… — Muhammad Yunus Copy Share Image
If sometimes our poor people have had to die of starvation, it is not that God didn't care for them, but because… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
It is better to live under a tree in a jungle inhabited by tigers and elephants, to maintain oneself in such a… — Chanakya Copy Share Image
Whatever your vocation is, you are destined to reign in life because Jesus is Lord of your life. When you reign in… — Joseph Prince Copy Share Image
“It is dire poverty indeed when a man is so malnourished and fatigued that he won't stoop to pick up a penny.… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
If we are genuinely concerned about the environment and the fellow human beings, and want to end territorial disputes, war, crime, poverty,… — Jacque Fresco Copy Share Image
“Men deft men mental men of loving men all men Vile men virtuous men same men from which men Sweet and men… — Lisa Robertson Copy Share Image
If we neglect or abandon those who are suffering in poverty ... not only are we depriving ourselves of potential opportunities for… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“the seriousness of emotional deprivation: It is not difficult to understand how children who have suffered from malnutrition or starvation need food… — Mark Z. Danielewski Copy Share Image
The basis of bureaucratic rule is the poverty of society in objects of consumption, with the resulting struggle of each against all.… — Leon Trotsky Copy Share Image
“I've always been after the trappings of great luxury. But all I've got hold of are the trappings of great poverty. I've… — Peter Cook Copy Share Image
The Obama administration now has regulations that tells them that they can no longer promote marriage to these young girls. They can… — Rick Santorum Copy Share Image
“This time of year," she said, "people’s consciences gnaw at them. They give away truckloads of canned goods and quote Dickens and… — Jeri Smith-Ready Copy Share Image
The first and foremost priority is to finish the unfinished task which the founding fathers of India set out for us at… — Manmohan Singh Copy Share Image
All of my life and particularly throughout of my public career, I have been talking about the feminization of poverty. And one… — Letitia James Copy Share Image
Job insecurity, debt servitude, poverty, incarceration and a growing network of real and symbolic violence have entrapped too many young people in… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
I have simplified my politics into an utter detestation of all existing governments; and, as it is the shortest and most agreeable… — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
“How does a hardworking sixty-four-year-old-woman end up without a house or a permanent place to stay, relying on unpredictable low-wage work to… — Jessica Bruder Copy Share Image
There is scarcely a single joy or sorrow within the experience of our fellow-creatures which we have not tasted; yet the belief,… — Leigh Hunt Copy Share Image
Fans love Sosa for his exuberance, for the kisses he blows to his mother, wife and four children. He is Slammin' Sammy,… — Bill Dedman Copy Share Image
Poverty is the greatest teacher we all need to grow financially. Fake beauty desires artificial hairdo but unique and true beauty is… — Seun Sanni Copy Share Image
We are taught to pray to be inclined towards the poor & needy to the degree that we develop a genuine feeling… — Mufti Ismail Menk Copy Share Image
On popular issues like poverty and slavery, where Christians are likely to be applauded for our social action, we are quick to… — David Platt Copy Share Image
“The most obvious manifestation of the affordable housing crisis is in rising rents. Between 1900 and 2013, rents rose faster than inflation… — Kathryn Edin Copy Share Image
A lot of people abroad know Lula's campaigns against poverty and hunger, but he had a tremendous legacy in education too. He… — Fernando Haddad Copy Share Image
Their thought is India is a beehive (Madhumakhi Ka Chhata) but our thought is India is our Mother (Maata). Their thought is… — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
Capitalism with near-full employment was an impressive spectacle. But a growth in wealth is not at all the same thing as reducing… — Joan Robinson Copy Share Image
Philosophy is a proud, sullen detector of the poverty and misery of man. It may turn him from the world with a… — Richard Cecil Copy Share Image
To many Congressmen and Senators right now, there's a ceaseless antagonism toward Hollywood because politically, it is high-reward and low-risk. So when… — Jack Valenti Copy Share Image
“Although reducing poverty, economic insecurity, malnutrition and ill-health should be the primary driving forces, an additional factor is the stress being placed… — Guy Standing Copy Share Image
“Certain leaders and politicians intentionally maintain conditions of poverty and hardship to secure their own power. Instead of implementing lasting solutions, they… — De philosopher DJ Kyos Copy Share Image
The conception of the necessary unit of all that is resolves itself into the poverty of the imagination, and a freer logic… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
You can't deny that religion has done some good. It organizes lots of anti-poverty programs and soup kitchens and missionary work. But… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
The 1996 welfare reform law, for the first time, connected welfare benefits with an expectation that recipients would work or participate in… — Charles Boustany Copy Share Image
Poor countries are being forced to deal with an unprecedented health crisis without the means to tackle it . Governments can only… — Annie Lennox Copy Share Image
The ancient man approached God (or even the gods)as the accused person approaches his judge. For the modern man the roles are… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
