The seeds of poverty are with institutions, not individuals.
As long as there is plenty, poverty is evil.
No man was ever more than about nine meals away from crime or suicide.
As long as there is plenty, poverty is evil.
A hungry man is not a free man.
Poverty is not an accident. Like slavery and apartheid, it is man-made and can be removed by the actions of human beings.
A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.
You’re better off being rich and guilty in the U.S. than poor and innocent.
Poverty – one thing money can’t buy.
The rich would have to eat money, but luckily the poor provide food.
Poverty is the most deadly and prevalent of all diseases.
That amid our highest civilization men faint and die with want is not due to the niggardliness of nature, but to the injustice of man.
I am as poor as Job, my lord, but not so patient.
Poverty keeps together more homes than it breaks up.
