#pov

Traditionally the great men of our country have sprung from poor environments; that being so, it would appear we have long suffered from a severe lack of poverty. ↗

— Gerald F. Lieberman

#being #country #environments #great #great men

Luxury ruins republics; poverty, monarchies. ↗

— Charles de Montesquieu

#monarchies #poverty #republics #ruins

Luxury! more perilous to youth than storms or quicksand, poverty or chains. ↗

— Hannah More

#luxury #more #perilous #poverty #quicksand

In Afghanistan, there is a plan to build democracy; hundreds of thousands of troops are protecting it. There is a plan to rebuild and reconstruct there. But many thousands of Americans die from violence and poverty every year and we don't have a plan for reconstruction at home. ↗

— Jesse Jackson

#build #democracy #die #every #home

It is easy enough to say that poverty is no crime. No; if it were men wouldn't be ashamed of it. It is a blunder, though, and is punished as such. A poor man is despised the whole world over. ↗

— Jerome K. Jerome

#blunder #crime #despised #easy #enough

I made a decision that whether or not I was going to make under the national poverty level wasn't going to play a part in whether or not I was an actor. That's what I do. ↗

— Don Johnson

#decision #going #i #i do #level

As a result of the current universal benefit, the poverty rate for seniors in America is about 10%. Without the universal benefit, it would be over 50%. ↗

— Steve Israel

#america #benefit #current #over #poverty

Since Social Security was established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1935 to ensure economic security for American workers, poverty among American seniors has dramatically declined. ↗

— Steve Israel

#american workers #among #declined #dramatically #economic

This administration here and now declares unconditional war on poverty. ↗

— Lyndon B. Johnson

#declares #here #now #poverty #this administration

Poverty must not be a bar to learning and learning must offer an escape from poverty. ↗

— Lyndon B. Johnson

#escape #learning #must #offer #poverty