#poverty

The Right insists that anyone can escape poverty by working hard but that is simply not the case. ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

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I've never experienced chronic poverty, but I know what it's like to live on £3 a week. ↗

— Annie Lennox

#experienced #i #know #like #live

There's only one thing money won't buy, and that is poverty. ↗

— Joe E. Lewis

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Firstly, economic globalisation has brought prosperity and development to many countries, but also financial crises to Asia, Latin America and Russia, and increasing poverty and marginalisation. ↗

— Anna Lindh

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Poverty must be reduced not only for reasons of moral and justice, but also of security. ↗

— Anna Lindh

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Social Security not only helps Americans enjoy a secure retirement, it has also kept millions of Americans out of poverty. ↗

— Zoe Lofgren

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Anticipate charity by preventing poverty. ↗

— Maimonides

#charity #poverty #preventing

There are many people in South Africa who are rich and who can share those riches with those not so fortunate who have not been able to conquer poverty. ↗

— Nelson Mandela

#africa #been #conquer #fortunate #many

I will come up with a project that will wipe out poverty in the Philippines in two years. I want to remove the people from economic crisis by using the Marcos wealth. Long after I'm gone, people will remember me for building them homes and roads and hospitals and giving them food. ↗

— Imelda Marcos

#building #come #crisis #economic #economic crisis

What power can poverty have over a home where loving hearts are beating with a consciousness of untold riches of the head and heart? ↗

— Orison Swett Marden

#consciousness #head #heart #hearts #home