Poverty Quotes

2493 Poverty quotes by 1419 unique authors

The only really effective means of enabling States to deal with the grave problem of poverty is to provide them with the necessary resources through… — Pope John Paul II
People from the world's richest countries should be prepared to accept the burden of debt reduction for heavily indebted poor countries, and should urge their… — Pope Benedict XVI
To help the poor to a capacity for action and liberty is something essential for one's own health as well as theirs: there is a… — Rowan Williams
There are three major social issues that this country is struggling with: education, poverty, and drugs. Two of them we talk about, and one of… — Steven Soderbergh
I have committed my life to helping the poor, and I believe that if more companies followed Wal-Mart's lead in providing opportunity and savings to… — Andrew Young
I've always believed the two best anti-poverty programs are work and marriage. — Jim Talent
By the breaking in of enraged merciless armies, flourishing countries have been laid waste, great numbers of people have perished in a short time, and… — John Woolman
But in its final creation it was not the part of the Father's power to fail as though exhausted. It was not the part of… — Giovanni Pico della Mirandola
Luxury! more perilous to youth than storms or quicksand, poverty or chains. — Hannah More
Love and knowledge, so far as they were possible, led upward toward the heavens. But always pity brought me back to earth. Echoes of cries… — Bertrand Russell
The chief problem of low-income farmers is poverty. — Nelson Rockefeller
The idea that the sole aim of punishment is to prevent crime is obviously grounded upon the theory that crime can be prevented, which is… — H. L. Mencken
Man! The most complex of creatures, and for this reason the most dependant of creatures. On everything that has formed you, you may depend. Do… — Andre Gide
There is another important point: encountering the poor. If we step outside ourselves we find poverty. Today-it sickens the heart to say so-the discovery of… — Pope Francis
GLOUCESTER: Yet so much is my poverty of spirit, So mighty and so many my defects, As I had rather hide me from my greatness,… — William Shakespeare
Republics end through luxury; monarchies through poverty. — Baron de Montesquieu
I am not here to judge whether people are locked in poverty because of themselves or because of the society in which they live. All… — Hubert H. Humphrey
There is no such thing as an acceptable level of unemployment, because hunger is not acceptable, poverty is not acceptable, poor health is not acceptable,… — Hubert H. Humphrey
To many Congressmen and Senators right now, there's a ceaseless antagonism toward Hollywood because politically, it is high-reward and low-risk. So when you can't do… — Jack Valenti
Through job creation, quality public services and better working conditions, people, communities and countries can lift themselves out of poverty, improve livelihoods, engage in local… — Sharan Burrow
We must work passionately and indefatigably to bridge the gulf between our scientific progress and our moral progress. One of the great problems of mankind… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
EJECTION, n. An approved remedy for the disease of garrulity. It is also much used in cases of extreme poverty. — Ambrose Bierce
The purpose and effect of [land titles] have been to maintain, in the hands of robber, or slave holding class, a monopoly of all lands,… — Lysander Spooner
Tomorrow is Now... If we act, 2015 can be a year for the history books. It can be the year that we put the world… — Kathy Calvin
My idea of philosophy is that if it is not relevant to human problems, if it does not tell us how we can go about… — Angela Davis

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