Becoming Quote by Thomas Pogge

Poverty is a scandal of our times because it CAN be changed.

— Catherine Marshall

These days there is a lot of poverty in the world, and that's a scandal when we have so many riches and resources to…

— Pope Francis

Poverty has become a big problem.

— Alberto Fernandez

The trouble with poverty, as an issue, is that it has basically exhausted the patience of the general public.

— Paul Krugman

The times talk to us of so much poverty in the world and this is a scandal. Poverty in the world is a scandal.…

— Pope Francis

Even today we don't pay serious attention to the issue of poverty, because the powerful remain relatively untouched by it. Most people distance themselves…

— Muhammad Yunus

It is not poverty so much as pretense that harasses a ruined man - the struggle between a proud mind and an empty purse…

— Washington Irving

Better poverty without care, than riches with.

— Aesop

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

— Nancy Mitford

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 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

I believe that poverty is often the result of inappropriate behavior - out-of-wedlock births, dropping out of school, crime and drugs - which should…

— Joe Klein