Appalachia Quote by Shane Claiborne

Appalachia, my state, eastern Kentucky, has a large amount of poverty.

— Rand Paul

I don't think that you can address poverty unless you address the lack of affordable housing in the cities.

— Matthew Desmond

The poverty found in rural areas has some characteristics that are very different from the poverty found in inner cities.

— Marco Rubio

Poverty breeds a lot of things. When people are desperate and trying to survive, they do drastic things.

— Damian Marley

Poverty has, in large cities, very different appearances; it is often concealed in splendour, and often in extravagance.

— Samuel Johnson

I've lived in poverty.

— London Breed

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

Because they [Americans] want to be thought of as a rich nation, they are very ashamed of this place [Appalachia] that has come to…

— Silas House

If we take a hard look at what poverty is, its nature, it's not pretty - it's full of trauma.

— Matthew Desmond

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

— S. Truett Cathy

“compared to 2000, residents of extreme-poverty neighborhoods in 2005–09 were more likely to be white, native-born, high school or college graduates, homeowners, and not…

— J.D. Vance

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