Poverty Quotes

Reducing teen pregnancy and birth is one of the most effective ways of reducing child poverty in the country.

Full of gloomy reflections at my loneliness and the poverty-stricken aspect of the whole farm, I sat down, thinking how I could escape from the accursed spot.

To say that any people are not fit for freedom, is to make poverty their choice, and to say they had rather be loaded with taxes than not.

Heroism is the brilliant triumph of the soul over the flesh, that is to say over fear: fear of poverty, of suffering, of calumny, of illness, of loneliness and of death. There is no real piety without heroism. Heroism is the dazzling and glorious con.

We have mistaken the nature of poverty, and thought it was economic poverty. No, it is poverty of soul, deprivation of God's recreating, loving peace.

Mandated hikes in the minimum wage do not cure poverty and they clearly do not create jobs.

Poverty is like punishment for a crime you didn't commit.

To stop violence we have to stop poverty.

Little is known about the effect that computer technology can have over poverty.

poverty, mental health problems and 'lifestyle' diseases have come to pose a far greater threat to affected communities than radiation exposure.

If poverty were a man, I would have slain him.

Being unwanted, unloved, uncared for, forgotten by everybody, I think that is a much greater hunger, a much greater poverty than the person who has nothing to eat.

Poverty is unnecessary.

Some people think luxury is the opposite of poverty. It is not. It is the opposite of vulgarity.

Gender equality is more than a goal in itself. It is a precondition for meeting the challenge of reducing poverty, promoting sustainable development and building good governance.

We have weapons of mass destruction we have to address here at home. Poverty is a weapon of mass destruction. Homelessness is a weapon of mass destruction. Unemployment is a weapon of mass destruction.

Do not waste your time on Social Questions. What is the matter with the poor is Poverty; what is the matter with the rich is Uselessness.

If it doesn't cure cancer or solve inner city poverty, it'll be [viewed as] a disaster.

poverty and exclusion conspire against peace, security and democracy.

Our second millennium faces the reality of growing poverty in two-thirds of the planet, ... Entire nations are condemned to wander as disinherited immigrants, mortal illnesses hover over humanity, and terrorism lurks.

I like to fight poverty. For almost 10 years, I've been using in my sermons the message that fighting poverty is good business, and I've used Wal-Mart as an example. The question is how do you fight poverty with high wages or low prices? The answer is both.

In the course of her career, Nicole Leger has battled constantly against poverty and social exclusion.

I'm not for obesity, I'm not for single parenthood, and I'm not for poverty. But I realize those groups are more likely to be targeted than others.

Decades of insecurity and lack of access to basic social services have undermined livelihoods, increased levels of poverty ... and led to high rates of malnutrition.

Honduras is a beautiful country but the poverty is devastating and the issues of poverty are difficult to solve. It gives you a different perspective on life and on the immigration issue.