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Poverty Quotes by Henry George
- Poverty is the openmouthed relentless hell which yawns beneath civilized society. And it is hell enough.
- How vainly shall we endeavor to repress crime by our barbarous punishment of the poorer class of criminals so long as children are reared in…
- That amid our highest civilization men faint and die with want is not due to the niggardliness of nature, but to the injustice of man.
More Poverty Quotes
- As far as we are concerned, we are ready to leave today, tomorrow, at any time, to join the people of Haiti,… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the… — Aristotle
- Grant me the treasure of sublime poverty: permit the distinctive sign of our order to be that it does not possess anything… — Francis of Assisi
- What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and… — Saint Augustine
- Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need; the remainder is needed by others. — Saint Augustine
- Poverty is the mother of crime. — Marcus Aurelius
- Single women have a dreadful propensity for being poor. Which is one very strong argument in favor of matrimony. — Jane Austen
- It is a most certain truth, that the richer we see ourselves to be, confessing at the same time our poverty, the… — Teresa of Avila
- Chile has done a lot to rid itself of poverty, especially extreme poverty, since the return to democracy. But we still have… — Michelle Bachelet
- Poverty is an anomaly to rich people; it is very difficult to make out why people who want dinner do not ring… — Walter Bagehot
- Gerald Boyd was a classic specimen of the self-made man. Born poor, he worked and studied his way up out of poverty… — Russell Baker
- Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor. — James A. Baldwin