« All Poverty Quotes · W. E. B. Du Bois's Page
Poverty Quotes by W. E. B. Du Bois
- To be a poor man is hard, but to be a poor race in a land of dollars is the very bottom of hardships.
- Today I see more clearly than yesterday that the back of the problem of race and color lies a greater problem which both obscures and…
- There can be no perfect democracy curtailed by color, race, or poverty. But with all we accomplish all, even peace.
- Herein lies the tragedy of the age: Not that men are poor, - all men know something of poverty. Not that men are wicked, -…
- Here is the chance for young women and young men of devotion to lift again the banner of humanity and to walk toward a civilization…
More Poverty Quotes
- As far as we are concerned, we are ready to leave today, tomorrow, at any time, to join the people of Haiti,… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the… — Aristotle
- Grant me the treasure of sublime poverty: permit the distinctive sign of our order to be that it does not possess anything… — Francis of Assisi
- What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and… — Saint Augustine
- Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need; the remainder is needed by others. — Saint Augustine
- Poverty is the mother of crime. — Marcus Aurelius
- Single women have a dreadful propensity for being poor. Which is one very strong argument in favor of matrimony. — Jane Austen
- It is a most certain truth, that the richer we see ourselves to be, confessing at the same time our poverty, the… — Teresa of Avila
- Chile has done a lot to rid itself of poverty, especially extreme poverty, since the return to democracy. But we still have… — Michelle Bachelet
- Poverty is an anomaly to rich people; it is very difficult to make out why people who want dinner do not ring… — Walter Bagehot
- Gerald Boyd was a classic specimen of the self-made man. Born poor, he worked and studied his way up out of poverty… — Russell Baker
- Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor. — James A. Baldwin