Wealth is the parent of luxury and indolence, and poverty of meanness and viciousness, and both of discontent. —Plato More about this quote Tags: poverty Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Poverty is the open-mouthed relentless hell which yawns beneath civilized society. And it is hell enough. —Henry George More about this quote Tags: society poverty hell Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
There is inherited wealth in this country and also inherited poverty. —John F. Kennedy More about this quote Tags: poverty USA wealth Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I think it's helpful to remind white ethnics that they, too, came here in boats; that they, too, lived in slums; that they, too, had yellow fever; that they, too, were stigmatized as incorrigible; that they, too, had the highest homicide rates and the highest incarceration rates and the highest rates of mental illness; and that everything that was said about them in those days is now being said about Salvadorans, Dominicans, African Americans, Mexicans, Vietnamese, and Cambodians in our inner cities. —Tom Hayden More about this quote Tags: history perspective poverty America whiteness immigration Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I've been poor and I've been rich. Rich is better. —Beatrice Kaufman More about this quote Tags: poverty wealth Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Coming generations will learn equality from poverty, and love from woes. —Kahlil Gibran More about this quote Tags: love poverty equality Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email