I spent almost 25 years as a foreign correspondent, and the world's primary problem is poverty. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
“The tradition of going to church every day of the week is not an indicator of greatness.” — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
Science can lift people out of poverty and cure disease. That, in turn, will reduce civil unrest. — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
“Look Below and You'll feel Rich, Look Above and You'll feel Poor” — Vineet Raj Kapoor Copy Share Image
If a thief helps a poor man out of the spoils of his thieving, we must not call that charity. — Dante Alighieri Copy Share Image
I'm poor just like everybody else. If someone kidnaps me, they're getting nothing but a candy, a gum. — Jessica Andrade Copy Share Image
I believe Ofsted measures poverty. It measures deprivation. It doesn't measure excellence. — Angela Rayner Copy Share Image
There are war-torn countries, people full of poverty, who still voted 60, 70 percent. If here in the United States of America,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
There is no such thing as an acceptable level of unemployment, because hunger is not acceptable, poverty is not acceptable, poor health… — Hubert H. Humphrey Copy Share Image
Poverty is a relatively mild disease for even a very flimsy American soul, but uselessness will kill strong and weak souls alike,… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
A pacifism which can see the cruelties only of occasional military warfare and is blind to the continuous cruelties of our social… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
“Poor people have poor options. Chavez found the Army almost by accident, and had found it a true open of security and… — Tom Clancy Copy Share Image
By the numbers, by all the official records, here at the confluence of history, of racism, of poverty, and economic power, this… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
Ignorance is not bliss. Ignorance is poverty. Ignorance is devastation. Ignorance is tragedy. And ignorance is illness. It all stems from ignorance. — Jim Rohn Copy Share Image
I'm the sole provider for my child, I don't get any help. I'm not saying we're poverty stricken, but it does mean… — Laila Rouass Copy Share Image
The peoples of many countries are being taxed to the point of poverty and starvation... to enable governments to engage in a… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
“And that’s when things get messy. When people begin moving beyond charity and toward justice and solidarity with the poor and oppressed,… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
“People with options feel torn. People with options feel pulled, tugged - people who can move in multiple directions. Whereas those without… — Karen Russell Copy Share Image
Four hundred top-decision makers listed the myriad looming threats to global security, including famine, terrorism, inequality, disease, poverty and climate change. Yet… — Margaret Catley-Carlson Copy Share Image
These economic, social, cultural and educational causes of opportunity inequality are complex. And they will not be solved by continuing with the… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
There are people in whole parts of our cities who are being totally left behind and disregarded. They are unheard. They are… — Martin O'Malley Copy Share Image
“Of all the hardships and deprivations a people can suffer, I am not sure if the deprivations of art and culture are… — Gerard de Marigny Copy Share Image
“Tightwaddery without creativity is deprivation. When there is a lack of resourcefulness, inventiveness, and innovation, thrift means doing without. When creativity combines… — Amy Dacyczyn Copy Share Image
