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.
In the past, we spoke of poverty, misery only in the south. Now there is a lot of misery, a lot of bad that creates victims in the north as well. This has become manifest: the global system was not...
If I had my way, I'd end all wars and poverty. We should all be more aware of what's going on in the world around us and less ignorant.
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The minimum wage can play a vital role in lifting hard-working families above the poverty line.
Children Quotes
Social Security, all public and no option, rescued older Americans from living their final years in poverty.
Global poverty is a complex web of interlinked problems. There is no one 'silver bullet' that will solve global inequality. Multiple contributing factors must be tackled in parallel. Yes, education alone is unlikely to lead to employment without economic reform...
Will we make all poverty history? No. But can we solve some of these extreme and egregious forms of poverty? I think yes, and we should.
The poverty line in the U.S., for example, has nothing to do with the poverty line in India. It is a relative poverty line. It is reset from time to time but it is related to U.S. median income, so...
It is absolute poverty that you could end, but I think relative poverty is a whole other issue.
Country Quotes
Arresting development, attacking science, and glorifying poverty is not the answer to the vices that attend prosperity.
What I would say to the young men and women who are beset by hopelessness and doubt is that they should go and see what is being done on the ground to fight poverty, not like going to the zoo...
Almost half of the population of the world lives in rural regions and mostly in a state of poverty. Such inequalities in human development have been one of the primary reasons for unrest and, in some parts of the world,...
Education Quotes
Social Security not only helps Americans enjoy a secure retirement, it has also kept millions of Americans out of poverty.
India made a big mistake by signing up to TRIPS. With a population of 1.3 billion, India can't afford a monopoly in healthcare. Monopolies lead to higher prices and we can't allow them in a country like India with so...
Some foreigners with full bellies and nothing better to do engage in finger-pointing at us. First, China does not export revolution; second, it does not export famine and poverty; and third, it does not mess around with you. So what...
Economic inequality is a corrosive force that undermines economic growth, puts a brake on the fight against poverty, and sparks social unrest.
Life Quotes
Hope is necessary in every condition. The miseries of poverty, sickness and captivity would, without this comfort, be insupportable.
