Central Quote by F. Sionil Jose

Yes, Manila had its slums; one saw them on the drive from the airport: vast districts of men in dirty white undershirts lounging idly…

— Mohsin Hamid

There's such a huge diaspora of Filipino workers around the world and I want to help tell their story.

— Pia Wurtzbach

My father was just and good to both white and colored, and as they dwelt and workedtogether I never heard or saw one cruel…

— Kate Virginia Cox Logan

I work a lot in the slums of Tondo, Manila, and the life there is poor and very sad. And I've always taught to…

— Catriona Gray

The village had a mill near it, situated on the little creek, which made very good flour. The population consisted of civilized Indians, but…

— Zebulon Pike

“The most striking fact of the day was the misery of the industrial proletariat. Despite the growth of the economy, or perhaps in part…

— Thomas Piketty

“In many cases, this doomed the refugees to starvation. Farmers, therefore, tended to stay put and fight to the bitter end. 12. Tribal warfare…

— Yuval Noah Harari

“The hustle and bustle everywhere, so many carriages and cabs at a dash, Europeans, Chinese, and natives, each dressed after their own fashion, fruit…

— José Rizal

There are these very poor communities on the outskirts of Cairo called Mokattam, where a lot of the garbage collectors live. I used to…

— Jehane Noujaim

“Grown on a grand scale, sugar spreads its blight on a grand scale and today unemployment and poverty are these islands' permanent guests.”

— Eduardo Hughes Galeano

“But there was one occasion when we went down to a village to set up our feeding kitchens and I noticed there was another…

— Mark Juergensmeyer

“Some of the common occurrences of injustice are the presence of poverty, starvation, gender inequality, neglected widows and orphans and the injustice towards other…

— Sunday Adelaja