Quotation Library
Poverty
Poverty is the worst form of violence.
The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.
Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice.
Poverty is not an accident. Like slavery and apartheid, it is man-made.
Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime.
Where there is no work, there is no dignity.
Poverty wants some things, luxury many things, avarice all things.
The poor you will always have with you.
Poverty must not be a bar to learning, and learning must offer an escape from poverty.
Poverty is a very complicated issue, but feeding a child isn’t.
The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread.
Extreme poverty anywhere is a threat to human security everywhere.
Poverty does not make people terrorists, but terrorists can exploit poverty.
If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.
There is enough in the world for everyone’s needs, but not for everyone’s greed.
The opposite of poverty is not wealth; the opposite of poverty is justice.
Poverty is not just a lack of money; it is not having the capability to realize one’s full potential.
Poverty is the deprivation of opportunity.
Poverty is the lack of all instruments by which man can live and be happy.
Poverty is the mother of all crimes.
The poverty of our century is unlike that of any time before.
Being unwanted, unloved, uncared for, forgotten by everybody, I think that is a much greater hunger.
The world has enough for everyone's need, but not enough for everyone's greed.
Poverty is not natural. It is man-made and it can be overcome.
Poverty is the absence of all human rights.
The real tragedy of the poor is the poverty of their aspirations.
The greatest evil is physical pain.
Poverty is a veil that obscures the face of greatness.
Let us remember that the poorest among us are not statistics; they are human beings.