Poverty Quotes

We know that a peaceful world cannot long exist, one-third rich and two-thirds hungry.

Poverty, ignorance and degradation are the combined evils, these constitute the social disease of the free colored people of the US.

Poverty is what we call the extremes at the bottom.

There was never a war on poverty. Maybe there was a skirmish on poverty.

Not to be able to bear poverty is a shameful thing, but not to know how to chase it away by work is a more shameful thing yet.

We cannot afford to spend millions and millions over nuclear arms when there is poverty and unemployment all around us.

The fruit of love’s great tree is poverty; Whoever knows this knows humility.

Can we not wage a war and emerge victorious against poverty. Let us defeat poverty.

Everybody in politics claims to want to get everybody out of poverty. What’s the opposite? Wealth. And what is often criticized by the left? Wealth.

Poverty disproportionately affects women around the world.