- Nov 07, 2020
Poverty Quotes
On hardship, pretense, and the thin line between struggle and ruin.
These quotes describe poverty as something felt rather than just discussed—its nearness to wealth in some places, the pretense people keep up to hide it, and the social programs built to hold it back. See our poverty slogans for another angle.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
Poverty brings one blessing in Turkey - the poor man is of necessity a monogamist.
- Brunt
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- Nov 07, 2020
Even the best community organizations and faith-based initiatives and the extraordinary charity of Americans across the country can't carry the brunt of eliminating poverty.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
The best way poor people can come out of their poverty is to get on the global highway, not on some dirt side road.
- Pen
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is difficult to describe in short the enthusiasm and devotion provoked by and given to my research. We lived almost in poverty. I used pencils, two for a nickel, and could not buy a fountain pen, when I lost mine.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
For as long as our people are held hostage by controllable socio-economic forces, we cannot afford to be indifferent to the ravages of poverty in all its dimensions and ramifications.
- Nov 07, 2020
I'd like to change the world. Eradicate poverty, racism, and sexism... all the usual things.
- Support
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- Nov 07, 2020
With the right support, a child growing up in a dysfunctional household, who was destined for a lifetime on benefits could be put on an entirely different track - one which sees them move into fulfilling and sustainable work. In doing so, they will pull themselves out of poverty.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think the United States and the secretary of State should be concerned about the poverty in this country - people without health insurance. The United States should stop being the empire and be concerned about other countries. You've got to be more worried about your own people.
- Political
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- Nov 07, 2020
Global poverty is the product of reversible policy failures overseen by politicians, past and present. The poorest of the poor don't vote in American or European elections. They don't make donations to political parties or hire lobbyists in D.C., London or Canberra.
- His
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- Nov 07, 2020
Liberalism, above all, means emancipation - emancipation from one's fears, his inadequacies, from prejudice, from discrimination, from poverty.
- Feudal
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- Nov 07, 2020
Thus the castle of each feudal chieftain became a school of chivalry, into which any noble youth, whose parents were from poverty unable to educate him to the art of war, was readily received.
- Golden
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- Nov 07, 2020
Whoever cultivates the golden mean avoids both the poverty of a hovel and the envy of a palace.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
False shame accompanies a man that is poor, shame that either harms a man greatly or profits him; shame is with poverty, but confidence with wealth.
- Attention
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- Nov 07, 2020