Day Quote by Thomas Chatterton Williams

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

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

Poverty is a relatively mild disease for even a very flimsy American soul, but uselessness will kill strong and weak souls alike, and kill…

— Kurt Vonnegut

...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 plague against which humanity must fight without cease.

— Pope Benedict XVI

Poverty is curable, but it’s just not done, because it's not profitable. And that is the kind of violence that's perpetuated on humanity.

— Tom Morello

If we neglect or abandon those who are suffering in poverty ... not only are we depriving ourselves of potential opportunities for markets and…

— Barack Obama

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

Poverty devastates families, communities and nations. It causes instability and political unrest and fuels conflict.

— Kofi Annan

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

The greatest poverty in America today is time poverty. People have money, but they don't have time.

— Brian Tracy

Poverty is the greatest violence.

— Mahatma Gandhi