Honduras was the original 'banana republic,' and its poverty remains extreme.
Elliott Abrams
It is easy to romanticize poverty, to see poor people as inherently lacking agency and will. It is easy to strip them of human dignity, to reduce... →
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Americans think African writers will write about the exotic, about wildlife, poverty, maybe AIDS. They come to Africa and African books with certain... →
I can't solve the poverty problem, but there are things you can do to mitigate its effects on kids.
Sal Albanese
There isn't a lot of poverty literature in the young-adult world. And I don't know why that is, but I think certainly I felt a gap.
Sherman Alexie
The wealth of a soul is measured by how much it can feel; its poverty by how little.
William R. Alger
Wars of nations are fought to change maps. But wars of poverty are fought to map change.
Muhammad Ali
Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons.
Woody Allen
Over one in five American children is living in poverty, and the number is rising.
Eric Alterman
I am bullish on the global development. I am bullish on billions of people getting out of poverty.
Marc Andreesen