Slums Quotes

106 quotes by 94 authors

The fighter loses more than his pride in the fight; he loses part of his future. He's a step closer to the slum he came… — Floyd Patterson
A religion true to its nature must also be concerned about man's social conditions....A ny religion that professes to be concerned with the souls of… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
I like to call it 'the national automobile slum.' You can call it suburban sprawl. I think it's appropriate to call it the greatest misallocation… — James Howard Kunstler
As to whether Marcos is gay: Marcos is gay in San Francisco, black in South Africa, an Asian in Europe, a Chicano in San Ysidro,… — Subcomandante Marcos
I had a void, God. Filled with whores & with blunts. I ain't have choice God I was born in the slums — Vinnie Paz
Strengthen the rural areas and you will find less people migrating to urban areas. You give them opportunity, self respect & self confidence, they will… — Bunker Roy
You can't talk about solving the economic problem of the Negro without talking about billions of dollars. You can't talk about ending the slums without… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
The reign of tears is over. The slums will soon be only a memory. We will turn our prisons into factories and our jails into… — Billy Sunday
Jesus got me through the slums without getting murdered. I just walked with him as though he were really there and not a spirit just… — Larry Norman
I've been called to the slums of the streets and the ditches of the world. — Franklin Graham
When you come up in the slums, having nothin make you humble — Kevin Gates
The drive toward complex technical achievement offers a clue to why the U.S. is good at space gadgetry and bad at slum problems. — John Kenneth Galbraith
Without denying the value of scientific endeavor, there is a striking absurdity in committing billions to reach the moon where no people live, while only… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Let us say boldly, that if the total slum violations of law by the white man over the years were calculated and compared with the… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Misery is when you heard on the radio that the neighborhood you live in is a slum but you always thought it was home. — Langston Hughes
I was born in a slum, but the slum wasn't born in me. — Jesse Jackson
Mankind which began in a cave and behind a windbreak will end in the disease-soaked ruins of a slum. — H.G. Wells
As each Sister is to become a Co-Worker of Christ in the slums, each ought to understand what God and the Missionaries of Charity expect… — Mother Teresa
Slumdog' was my first movie, and I had never been to India before - I was just a teenager in the U.K. with my headphones… — Dev Patel
One of the remarkable things about slums is that they do develop their own social organization and economy and even culture that is, on some… — Geoffrey West

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