Poverty Quotes

2493 Poverty quotes by 1419 unique authors

The rich do not have to invest enough in the poorest countries to make them rich; they need to invest enough so that these countries… — Jeffrey Sachs
The essence of Africa's crisis is fundamentally its extreme poverty and therefore its inability to mobilize out of its own resources even the barest of… — Jeffrey Sachs
The greatest of evils and the worst of crimes is poverty. — George Bernard Shaw
Security, the chief pretense of civilization, cannot exist where the worst of dangers, the danger of poverty, hangs over everyone's head. — George Bernard Shaw
We think of violence as being conflict and fighting and wars and so forth, but the most ongoing horrific measure of violence is in the… — Martin Sheen
Most of the poverty and misery in the world is due to bad government, lack of democracy, weak states, internal strife, and so on. — George Soros
Peace will never be entirely secure until men everywhere have learned to conquer poverty without sacrificing liberty or security. — Norman Thomas
Let's share our abundance and make our country stronger. — John Travolta
What a devil art thou, Poverty! How many desires - how many aspirations after goodness and truth - how many noble thoughts, loving wishes toward… — Walt Whitman
Some people think that poor people are lazy. Actually, it takes a lot of work to survive when you are dirt-poor. — Muhammad Yunus
Come away; poverty's catching. — Aphra Behn
Poverty sits by the cradle of all our great men and rocks all of them to manhood. — Heinrich Heine
Not he who has little, but he whose wishes more, is poor. — Seneca the Younger
O world, how apt the poor are to be proud! — William Shakespeare
As society advances the standard of poverty rises. — Theodore Parker
The Poor Man whom everyone speaks of, the Poor Man whom everyone pities, one of the repulsive Poor from whom charitable souls keep their distance,… — Albert Camus
A man who has nothing can whistle in a robber's face. — Juvenal
You don't seem to realize that a poor person who is unhappy is in a better position than a rich person who is unhappy. Because… — Jean Kerr
As poverty has been reduced in terms of mere survival, it has become more profound in terms of our way of life. — Raoul Vaneigem
In America today, we are nearer a final triumph over poverty than is any other land. — Herbert Hoover

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