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There is a common tendency to ignore the poor or to develop some rationalisation for the good fortune of the fortunate.
Where you find obesity, you'll find poverty. It's a reflection of the South's struggle to raise its standard of living.
We nationalize hydrocarbons, so now the economy is improving and the fight against poverty is also improving in Bolivia.
The poorest man would not part with health for money, but the richest would gladly part with all their money for health.
Men praise poverty, as the African worships Mumbo Jumbo--from terror of the malign power, and a desire to propitiate at.
Poverty is very good in poems but very bad in the house; very good in maxims and sermons but very bad in practical life.
On the one hand, the rich look askance at our continuing poverty - on the other, they warn us against their own methods.
Genius in poverty is never feared, because nature, though liberal in her gifts in one instance, is forgetful in another.
I think, social business is the most logical thing to do. If we had done that, we could reduce all the problems we have.
The price of indulging yourself in your youth in the things you cannot afford is poverty and dependence in your old age.
I know the streets, I know the system, I know poverty, and I know how it feels to be 15 and not have a safe place to go.
Money is only a vehicle that provides you with options, and I say there's only one thing that money can't buy - poverty.
Helping people boost themselves out of poverty is the best way to make a lasting positive difference in a person's life.
Let us work in partnerships between rich and poor to improve the opportunities of all human beings to build better lives.
My dream is for Malawi to be poverty-free, and I intend to eradicate poverty through economic growth and wealth creation.
We are not concerned with the very poor. They are unthinkable, and only to be approached by the statistician or the poet.
As for poverty, no one need be ashamed to admit it, the real shame is in not taking practical measures to escape from it.
If a man is to lose his fortune, it is a good thing if he were poor before he acquired it, for poverty requires aptitude.
We have the ability now to arrange global economic institutions so that poverty declines to a fraction of what it is now.
We must do our part to end poverty in Korea so that the next generation doesn't experience what we are going through now.
Rap's conscious response to the poverty and oppression of U.S. blacks is like some hideous parody of sixties black pride.
Once any group in society stands in a relatively deprived position in relation to other groups, it is genuinely deprived.
Entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship. It drives everything: Job creation, poverty alleviation, innovation.
Right now, with terrorism and poverty and Wall Street and Social Security having problems, nudity should not be the issue.
You are going to let the fear of poverty govern you life and your reward will be that you will eat, but you will not live.
It is part of my faith as a Muslim to try to help those who are suffering from poverty or economic or political injustice.
Foreign Assistance is not an end in itself. The purpose of aid must be to create the conditions where it's no longer need.
We can win respect in the world only if we are strong internally and can banish poverty and unemployment from our country.
Poverty is not created by poor people. It is produced by our failure to create institutions to support human capabilities.
Social Security not only helps Americans enjoy a secure retirement, it has also kept millions of Americans out of poverty.
I foresee that poverty and obscurity probably await me, and I am in some measure prepared and daily preparing to meet them.
Poverty can turn a person into a flaming torch for change and revolution, without which mankind would come to a standstill.
Social security has enabled people to retire with dignity and overwhelmingly not be in poverty. We have to keep it solvent.
Poverty comes pleading not for charity, for the most part, but imploring us to find a purchaser for its unmarketable wares.
If we see someone who needs help, do we stop? There is so much suffering and poverty, and a great need for good Samaritans.
It is not possible to have a strong, functioning business in a world of increasing inequality, poverty, and climate change.
Few things have more impact than nutrition on a child's ability to survive, learn effectively and escape a life of poverty.
We grew up in abject poverty. Acting, writing scripts and skits were a way of escaping our environment at a very young age.
It was a way out of poverty. It was a way to success. It was a way to education. And it was a way to a brighter day for me.
I'm not persuaded that the opposite of poverty is wealth - I've come to believe... that the opposite of poverty is justice.
It's outrageous to line your pockets off the misery of the poor; It's outrageous, the crimes some human beings must endure.
Let us contemplate the humility of the Son of God born into poverty. Let us imitate him by sharing with those who are weak.
I think we've made tremendous progress on racism. We've even made progress on war. We've made almost no progress on poverty.
As a remedy against all ills - poverty, sickness, and melancholy - only one thing is absolutely necessary: a liking for work
If we didn't have Social Security, our seniors would live mostly in poverty. You'd have another 18 million people in poverty.
The horse on the treadmill may be very discontented, but he is not disposed to tell his troubles, for he cannot stop to talk.
As General Eisenhower discovered, it is easier to end the Cold War or stamp out poverty than to master this devilish pastime.
When the World Economic Forum was established in 1971, the global population was four billion, of which 50% lived in poverty.
Poverty is part of the natural condition and that is bad enough. But my task is to prevent the aggravation of this condition.
How many kinds of moral and material poverty we face today as a result of denying God and putting so many idols in his place!