Money Quote by May Sarton

“America has a unique type of poverty that looks like wealth.”

— Bryant McGill

“The more I thought about it, the more I realized that the measure of a country isn't in how its richest citizens fare, but…

— Abigail Reynolds

“We in America today are nearer to the final triumph over poverty than ever before.”

— Herbert Hoover

“All around us we see a level of individual wealth unequaled since the early years of the 20th century.”

— Tony Judt

“We live in a world of fortune and luxury, yet how poor and sad we are at times.”

— Rachel Hauck

“Today's wealthy are poor though they don't know it. They can't bring their possessions to where we're all going.”

— Elie Wiesel

“If we are going to spend the bulk of our public dollars on the affluent — at least when it comes to housing —…

— Matthew Desmond

“Many of those living in poverty in this country, in fact, would be considered quite wealthy by poor people in other countries.”

— Ben Carson

“We are living in a nation which worships wealth rather than caring for the poor. I don’t think that is the nation we should…

— Bernie Sanders

“Only when we get sufficiently rich can we afford the relative luxury of caring about the environment.”

— Bjorn Lomborg

“The acquisition of wealth is no longer the driving force in our lives. We work to better ourselves and the rest of humanity.”

— Capt. Jean-Luc Picard

“Our current state of affairs reduces to poverty people born for better things.”

— Matthew Desmond