Great nations Quote by Adam Smith

In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of.

— Confucius

The time has come for an all-out war against poverty. The rich nations must use their vast resources of wealth to develop the underdeveloped,…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Nobody is ever impoverished through the giving of charity.

— Maimonides

“Nations are not poor or rich because of their wealth but exceptional morality.”

— M.F. Moonzajer

A nation's wealth is too serious a matter to be left to the wealthy. The riches of a nation belong to all, to be…

— Robert Payne

The surest way for a poor nation to stay poor is to harass, hobble, and straitjacket private enterprise or to discourage or destroy it…

— Henry Hazlitt

“Whether it is North Korea, Sierra Leone, or Zimbabwe, well show that poor countries are poor for the same reason that Egypt is poor.…

— Daron Acemoğlu

The rich are never as possessed by their riches as the poor are by their poverty.

— Mason Cooley

There is no reason why a nation as rich as ours should be blighted by poverty, disease, and illiteracy.

— Coretta Scott King

Where people are really attached, poverty itself is wealth.

— Jane Austen

Poverty, when it is voluntary, is never despicable, but takes an heroical aspect.

— William Hazlitt

There is no poverty in life when you have a loving, peaceful, happy family. They are a gift which cannot be bought nor traded…

— Ryan Dunn