America Quote by Matthew Desmond

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

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

I have always been really troubled by the amount of poverty in America. Americans are matched in their rich democracy with the depth and…

— Matthew Desmond

I have always had a horror and detestation of poverty.

— Taylor Caldwell

“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

There are worse things than poverty, though I can't for the moment remember what they are.

— Nancy Mitford

When I see poverty around, it churns my heart.

— Suhasini Maniratnam

Even growing up the way I did, I was shocked by the level of poverty I saw as a college student. I thought the…

— Matthew Desmond

I was really interested in the way in which poverty and economic stagnation were transforming and corrupting the American narrative.

— Lynn Nottage

I left college with a deep sense that I needed to understand poverty more.

— Matthew Desmond

I just hated poverty.

— Benjamin Carson

“Poverty and hardship are created by false thinking.”

— Bodhidharma

In the West, we've lost our intuitive understanding of how poverty shapes thinking.

— John Burdett