Abolition Quote by Martin Luther King, Jr

The curse of poverty has no justification in our age. It is socially as cruel and blind as the practice of cannibalism at the…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

The curse of poverty has no justification in our age.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

I have no patience for those who say that poverty is a blessing. Poverty is the greatest curse on earth.

— Roger McDonald

Poverty is a plague against which humanity must fight without cease.

— Pope Benedict XVI

Poverty is a horrible, bedeviling force that invades and infects every aspect of our lives and communities - our homes, our pantries, our schools,…

— Wes Moore

“Poverty is a curse. Don't call it. It takes few generations to come out from the curse of poverty.”

— Nazmul Ahmed Noyon

This is the first generation in all of recorded history that can do something about the scourge of poverty. We have the means to…

— Hubert H. Humphrey

When it comes to poverty, there is no need to say anything. All we need to do is to help, the moment we encounter…

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

Poverty is only contemptible when it is felt to be so. Doubtless the best way to make our poverty respectable is to seem never…

— Christian Nestell Bovee

I believe that poverty is often the result of inappropriate behavior - out-of-wedlock births, dropping out of school, crime and drugs - which should…

— Joe Klein

Poverty is not inevitable. It is a human ill that we can fight if we decide to do so together.

— Marc Forne Molne

There is nothing new about poverty. What is new, however, is that we have the resources to get rid of it.

— Martin Luther King, Jr