America Quote by Matthew Desmond

Poverty continues to exist. Its appearance seems to be relentless in evidencing itself not only to all the things we experience here in America,…

— Harry Belafonte

There is a deep sadness to American poverty, greater than the sadness of any other kind. It's because America has such an ideology of…

— Will Self

In comparative terms, there's no poverty in America by a long shot. Heritage Foundation political scientist Robert Rector has worked up figures showing that…

— P. J. O'Rourke

When I see poverty around, it churns my heart.

— Suhasini Maniratnam

I have always had a horror and detestation of poverty.

— Taylor Caldwell

I've experienced poverty and plenty, and there's a lesson to be learned when you're brought up in poverty.

— S. Truett Cathy

...Poverty in America today leads not only to anxiety, unhappiness, discomfort and a lack of material goods. It leads to death. Poverty in America…

— Bernie Sanders

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

One of the things that struck me when I came to the U.S. was discovering American poverty.

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

poverty is like a pain, dormant and unbearable as long as you don't move about too much. You grow used to it, you end…

— Gabrielle Roy

Even today we don't pay serious attention to the issue of poverty, because the powerful remain relatively untouched by it. Most people distance themselves…

— Muhammad Yunus

One of the reasons inequality gets so deep in this country is that everyone wants to be rich. That's the American ideal. Poor people…

— Jay-Z