Quotes by Poverty I won't claim the workhouses didn't have their problems, but they were set up by people who cared. Edwina Currie poverty problem people Genius may be almost defined as the faculty of acquiring poverty. Edwin Percy Whipple poverty genius may We like the fine extravagance of that philosopher who declared that no man was as rich as all men ought to be. Edwin Percy Whipple poverty extravagance men It is our moral failure that we still tolerate poverty Ela Bhatt tolerate poverty moral a society in which there is widespread economic insecurity can turn freedom into a barren and vapid right for millions of people. Eleanor Roosevelt poverty insecurity people O blissful poverty! Elijah Fenton pageantry poverty real Poverty is a bitter weed to most women, and there are few indeed who can accept it with dignity. Eliza Lynn Linton poverty dignity weed The truth is, terrorism flourishes in places of injustice rather than in places of poverty. Eliza Griswold injustice poverty terrorism Poverty is an expensive luxury. We cannot afford it. Eleanor Roosevelt luxury poverty expensive Rather than dividing the world between good and evil, the Left divided the world in terms of economics. Economic classes, not moral values, explained human behavior. Therefore, to cite a common example, poverty, not one's moral value system, or lack of it, caused crime. Dennis Prager poverty evil class Corruption is Africa's greatest problem. Not poverty. Not lack of riches. Not racism. Dennis Prager riches poverty racism It had been a royal time of luxury to him, with all its stings and contumelies, compared to the poverty that crept round and clipped the anticipation of the future down to sordid fact, and life without an atmosphere of either hope or fear. Elizabeth Gaskell atmosphere luxury poverty A person born with an instinct for poverty. Elbert Hubbard instinct poverty poetry My mother's illness fitted into this protest against the treatment of the sick who could not pay, the inefficiency of commercialism, the waste, the extravagance, and the poverty. Ellen Wilkinson poverty sick mother Honduras was the original 'banana republic,' and its poverty remains extreme. Elliott Abrams bananas republic poverty I grew up in poverty. For 25 years I was fed on aid. Emmanuel Jal aids poverty years This so much joy! This so much joy! If I should fail, what poverty! And yet, as poor as I Have ventured all upon a throw; Have gained! Yes! Hesitated so this side the victory! Emily Dickinson poverty victory joy Inherited wealth may be something easily squandered, but inherited poverty is a legacy almost impossible to lose. Eric L. Haney poverty legacy may He ate and drank the precious Words, his Spirit grew robust; He knew no more that he was poor, nor that his frame was Dust. Emily Dickinson poverty dust spirit The poor on the borderline of starvation live purposeful lives. To be engaged in a desperate struggle for food and shelter is to be wholly free from a sense of futility Eric Hoffer shelter poverty struggle «910111213141516171819»
