Poverty Quotes

2493 Poverty quotes by 1419 unique authors

Alleviating poverty would be the Bank's overarching objective. — Lewis Thompson Preston
A mental disease has swept the planet: banalization the state of affairs, arising out of a struggle against poverty, has overshot its ultimate goal-the liberation… — Ivan Chtcheglov
Saving the world requires saving democracy. That requires well-informed citizens. Conservation, environment, poverty, community, education, family, health, economy- these combine to make one quest: liberty… — Carl Safina
The forgotten world is made up primarily of the developing nations, where most of the people, comprising more than fifty percent of the total world… — Norman Borlaug
The economic egalitarianism of the liberal ideology implies ... the reduction of Westerners to hunger and poverty. — James Burnham
[It was] the poverty caused by the bad influence of the English bankers on the Parliament which has caused in the colonies hatred of the… — Benjamin Franklin
To know what Fascism really is we must first of all know what it is we are fighting, what the Fascist regimes really are and… — George Seldes
Genius is often a short way of spelling hard work. Poverty, obscurity, struggle and ambition formed the foundation for many careers of transcendent achievement. Few… — B. C. Forbes
Make yourselves nests of pleasant thoughts. None of us knows what fairy palaces we may build of beautiful thought-proof against all adversity. Bright fancies, satisfied… — John Ruskin
Although they are some of the hardest working folks I know, rural Americans earn, on average, $11,000 less than their urban counterparts each year. And… — Tom Vilsack
Better to live hundred years as a millionaire, than one week in poverty! — Unknown Author
I picked up a camera because it was my choice of weapons against what I hated most about the universe: racism, intolerance, poverty. I could… — Gordon Parks
I saw that the camera could be a weapon against poverty, against racism, against all sorts of social wrongs. I knew at that point I… — Gordon Parks
The Arab soul is broken by poverty, unemployment, and general recession. The Tunisian revolution is not far from us. The Arab citizen entered an unprecedented… — Amr Moussa
Fear never wrote a symphony or poem, negotiated a peace treaty, or cured a disease. Fear never pulled a family out of poverty or a… — Max Lucado
The Civilized… murder their children by producing too many of them without being able to provide for their well-being. Morality or theories of false virtue… — Charles Fourier
Every man is our brother, and every man’s burden is our own. Where poverty exists, all are poorer. Where hate flourishes, all are corrupted. Where… — Whitney M. Young
Everyone wins when children - and especially girls – have access to education. An educated girl is likely to increase her personal earning potential and… — Angelique Kidjo
We should try to introduce our children to science today as a rebellion against poverty and ugliness and militarism and economic injustice. — Freeman Dyson
Poverty and the rule of race that is called apartheid drive the Transkeian migrant from security on the land to work in the cities, and… — Ruth First
Anger is a little thing. Hate is a little thing. Order is a little thing. Each of these little things has a major impact on… — Iyanla Vanzant
By 1990, no Australian child will be living in poverty. — Bob Hawke
Obsessed with success and wealth and despising failure and poverty, our society is systematically dividing the population into winners and losers, using institutions like the… — Matt Taibbi
War, poverty, corruption, hunger, misery, human suffering will not change in a monetary system. That is, there will be very little significant change. It’s going… — Jacque Fresco
War is not the only form of violence imposed on people through inadequate social arrangements. Â There is also hunger, poverty and scarcity. Â The… — Jacque Fresco

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