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- 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.
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- Conquerors
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- Nov 07, 2020
The native American has been generally despised by his white conquerors for his poverty and simplicity.
- Daily
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- Nov 07, 2020
To be obliged to beg our daily happiness from others bespeaks a more lamentable poverty than that of him who begs his daily bread.
- Foster Children
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- Nov 07, 2020
Many foster children have had difficulty making the transition to independent living. Several are homeless, become single parents, commit crimes, or live in poverty. They are also frequent targets of crime.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
Without Social Security, poverty rates for African American seniors would more than double.
- Lie
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- Nov 07, 2020
The burdens of generations of poverty and powerlessness lie heavy in the fields of America. If we fail, there are those who will see violence as the shortcut to change.
- Nov 07, 2020
There are a lot of stats and a strong correlation between dropout rates and crime as well as poverty.
- Feeling
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- Nov 07, 2020
Nothing prompts creativity like poverty, a feeling of hopelessness, and a bit of panic.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
Safeguarding our common home is not only essential to protecting endangered species and preserving old-growth forests, it is also paramount to ending poverty, fighting injustice, and protecting the long-term survival of humankind and of our faith.
- Political
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is part of my faith as a Muslim to try to help those who are suffering from poverty or economic or political injustice.
- Poor
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most elderly are retirees with relatively low incomes. But some may possess assets, and they will be classified as poor. As such, the elderly poverty rate could be overstated.
- Better
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's clear that means testing can direct limited resources to the elderly in need and achieve better results in poverty alleviation.
- Humiliation
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have lived poverty. I didn't choose it. No one would choose humiliation, pain, and rage.
- Broken
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- Nov 07, 2020