Children Quote by Marian Wright Edelman

America stands as a beacon of hope and the possibility of a better life - but it is also a nation where nearly 1…

— Chris Van Hollen

There is another form of poverty! It is the spiritual poverty of our time, which afflicts the so-called richer countries particularly seriously.

— Pope Francis

[The Americans] believe in the idea that a child shouldn't be consigned to poverty just because of circumstances of their birth.

— Barack Obama

It is spiritual poverty, not material lack, that lies at the core of all human suffering.

— Paramahansa Yogananda

In going to America one learns that poverty is not a necessary accompaniment to civilization.

— Oscar Wilde

We could also say that there is only one real kind of poverty: not living as children of God and brothers and sisters of…

— Pope Francis

Poverty is a soft pedal upon the branches of human activity, not excepting the spiritual.

— H. L. Mencken

If there is a national, secular religion in the United States, it is the belief that America is the Land of Opportunity, that we…

— Caterina Fake

For the poor, the economic is spiritual.

— Mahatma Gandhi

The poor of the United States and of the world are your brothers and sisters in Christ. You must never be content to leave…

— Pope John Paul II

This country cannot afford to be materially rich and spiritually poor.

— John F. Kennedy

Poverty is spiritual halitosis.

— George Orwell