He who is not capable of enduring poverty is not capable of being free.
Victor Hugo
Liberalism, above all, means emancipation - emancipation from one's fears, his inadequacies, from prejudice, from discrimination, from poverty.
Hubert H. Humphrey
There is something about poverty that smells like death.
Zora Neale Hurston
I'm interested in illuminating the enormous disparity between vast poverty and the tiny upper class... This vast inequity is unfair by... →
Nick McDonell
Affluence creates poverty.
Marshall McLuhan
I am a huge admirer of Franklin Roosevelt's, and I believe social security has done untold good in alleviating the once-widespread issue of... →
Jon Meacham
The common argument that crime is caused by poverty is a kind of slander on the poor.
H. L. Mencken
There are many Asian-Americans who are living in poverty, especially our senior citizens.
Grace Meng
When people grow up in atmospheres of violence or atmospheres of poverty, they don't normally use hi-falutin' language to describe those... →
Philipp Meyer
I thought in this country, the best social program was a job. Yet minimum wage jobs aren't paying enough to keep families out of poverty.
Barbara Mikulski