Citizens Quote by Plato

“Poverty can be brought about by law; it cannot be forbidden by law.”

— Isabel Paterson

Wealth makes the laws that poverty must obey.

— Mason Cooley

There should exist among the citizens neither extreme poverty nor again excessive wealth, for both are productive of great evil.

— Plato

“poor. They argue that greater economic equality is a matter of simple justice that governments should enforce. We certainly agree with the goal of…

— Barry Asmus

Riches without law are more dangerous than is poverty without law

— Henry Ward Beecher

The rule of law does not do away with the unequal distribution of wealth and power, but reinforces that inequality with the authority of…

— Howard Zinn

Poverty must be reduced not only for reasons of moral and justice, but also of security.

— Anna Lindh

A State divided into a small number of rich and a large number of poor will always develop a government manipulated by the rich…

— Harold Laski

Always remember: the alleviation of poverty is never a political or economic issue - it is moral.

— F. Sionil Jose

If there is neither excessive wealth nor immoderate poverty in a nation, then justice may be said to prevail.

— Thales

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

— Pope Benedict XVI

“As long as we look to legislation to cure poverty or to abolish special privilege we are going to see poverty spread and special…

— Henry Ford