Poverty Quotes

2493 Poverty quotes by 1419 unique authors

Public charities and benevolent associations for the gratuitous relief of every species of distress, are peculiar to Christianity; no other system of civil or religious… — Charles Caleb Colton
The trouble with being poor is that it takes up all your time. — Willem de Kooning
In an era of global abundance, our world has the resources to reduce dramatically the massive divides that persist between rich and poor, if only… — Kofi Annan
I want to share with you my belief in your power to change this country and this world. — Jack Layton
If everyone who wants to see an end to poverty, hunger and suffering speaks out, then the noise will be deafening. — Desmond Tutu
A nation's greatness is measured by how it treats its weakest members. — Mahatma Gandhi
The measure of a society is found in how they treat their weakest and most helpless citizens. — Jimmy Carter
It is a denial of justice not to stretch out a helping hand to the fallen that is the common right of humanity. — Seneca the Younger
When the dignity of one person is denied, all of us are denied. — Hubert H. Humphrey
Public education is the key civil rights issue of the 21st century. Our nation's knowledge-based economy demands that we provide young people from all backgrounds… — Eli Broad
With a small fraction of the hundreds of billions of dollars spent on the Iraq war, the US and Australia could ensure every starving, sunken-eyed… — Bob Brown
Terrorism isn't insanity. It grows out of social conditions that are well known: poverty, social oppression, dictatorship, and a void of meaning in the lives… — Deepak Chopra
My major problem with the world is a problem of scarcity in the midst of plenty ... of people starving while there are unused resources… — Milton Friedman
As our economy faces up to potential labour shortages due to our ageing population and as it moves to a new level of sophistication to… — Julia Gillard
Money is human kind's greatest invention. Money doesn't discriminate. Money doesn't care whether a person is poor, whether a person comes from a good family,… — Takafumi Horie
It's easy to have principles when you're rich. The important thing is to have principles when you're poor. — Ray Kroc
I'm calling for all responsible Americans to fight back and punish Pepsi for using a man who degrades women, who encourages substance abuse, and does… — Bill O'Reilly
There are millions of children today who don't attend school. However, education is the only way to get ahead in this country. — Azim Premji
Broke is normal. Why be normal? — Dave Ramsey
After losing everything, I went on a quest to find out how money really works, how I could get control of it, and how I… — Dave Ramsey

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