Poverty Quotes

2493 Poverty quotes by 1419 unique authors

If there are amazing graces on this earth, I believe that they are these good children sent to us by God and not yet soiled… — Jonathan Kozol
Robert Kennedy identified with people, not data, or institutions, or theories. Poverty was a specific black face for him, not a manila folder full of… — Jack Newfield
There can be no perfect democracy curtailed by color, race, or poverty. But with all we accomplish all, even peace. — W. E. B. Du Bois
Wealth and honor, benefits and blessings shall enrich my life; poverty and failures, grief and anxiety shall help fulfill it. In my life, I will… — Zhang Zai
How could sufferings be relieved through purification? To know the Path is to get lost at the ford. Indeed, sickness comes from worldly love And… — Wang Wei
India is a land of plenty inhibited by poverty; India has an enthralling, uplifting civilization that sparkles not only in our magnificent art, but also… — Pranab Mukherjee
Trickle-down theories do not address the legitimate aspirations of the poor. We must lift those at the bottom so that poverty is erased from the… — Pranab Mukherjee
My first hero, as a teenager, was James Connolly. I remember discovering that he was a feminist, and that was an eye-opener, coming from a… — Frances O'Grady
There was no pomp and ceremony in connection with the birth of Jesus - rather the opposite: it took place in simplicity and in poverty. — Keith O'Brien
I think that America in general is piratical. Every time we accept a paycheck for doing almost nothing, allowing us to live above the poverty… — Will Oldham
Gotta start teaching the children that they can be just what they want to be, there's much more to life than poverty. — Tupac Shakur
The intergenerational poverty that troubles us so much today is predominantly a poverty of values. — Dan Quayle
Inflation is taking up the poverty line, and poverty is not just economic but defined by way of health and education. — Azim Premji
If that's your definition of the Clinton faction, then I think that that seems to be in ascendancy. That might include a guy like John… — John Podesta
I mean, the world has already done a big, big effort to forget debt to countries heavily indebted and with low income. And that has… — Rodrigo Rato
I grew up in a poverty-stricken neighborhood, but I didn't really know I was a deprived, poverty-stricken child until the media made me aware of… — Ving Rhames
The imbalance I speak of in the world, which we see manifested in wars, violence, poverty and other depressed social conditions stems from a lack… — Frederick Lenz
.......the poor of the world cannot be made rich by redistribution of wealth. Poverty can't be eliminated by punishing people who've escaped poverty, taking their… — P.J. O'Rourke
The dominant orthodoxy in development economics was that Third World countries were trapped in a vicious cycle of poverty that could be broken only by… — Thomas Sowell
We wanted to describe society from our Left point of view. Per had written political books, but they'd only sold 300 copies. We realised that… — Maj Sjowall
The Indian economy grew at 5.5 percent, but if you look at the last 30 years - for example, 1960 to 1985 - the progress… — Manmohan Singh
We will not overcome world poverty unless we manage climate change successfully. I've spent my life as a development economist, and it's crystal clear that… — Nicholas Stern
Anyone who thinks it's smart to cut immigration is sentencing Australia to poverty. — Malcolm Turnbull
I grew up in a very modest house. We were poor-we lived on the poverty level. We all got jobs as young kids. — Chely Wright
There are many different rivers that lead into despair: there's poverty; there's political repression; there's gender apartheid - there's a sense of culture loss; there's… — Lawrence Wright

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