When I began working in not-for-profits, it was taking a vow of poverty, which eliminated huge numbers of folks.
Geoffrey Canada
My sisters and I were fortunate to travel through Asia and Europe at very young ages. We confronted extraordinary beauty in Athens and unspeakable... →
Mary Chapin Carpenter
We have had virtually unlimited access to abortion for nearly twenty years. Yet during that same period, more and more women and children have... →
Robert Casey
Some people think luxury is the opposite of poverty. It is not. It is the opposite of vulgarity.
Coco Chanel
Physical hunger and physical poverty is something I could only imagine. I've been poor when I was in China... As kids we never had to starve, but... →
Joan Chen
Tourism in India has the potential to promote faster, sustainable and more inclusive growth. It could be used as a powerful antidote to tackle... →
Chiranjeevi
Every time there has been an effort by the Haitian people to overcome the misery and poverty that comes from 200 years of bitter attacks, really... →
Noam Chomsky
The legacy of slavery comes from the sustained political, legal and economic effort to link permanently an entire group of people to poverty - and to... →
Sarah Churchwell
When poverty shows itself, even mischievous boys understand what it means.
Carlo Collodi
In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of.
Confucius