#poverty

My mom grew up in poverty in Oklahoma - like Dust Bowl, nine people in one room kind of place - and the way she got out of poverty was through education. My dad grew up without a dad, with very little and he also made his way out through education. ↗

— Jennifer Garner

#bowl #dad #dust #education #got

I've never experienced chronic poverty, but I know what it's like to live on £3 a week. ↗

— Annie Lennox

#experienced #i #know #like #live

There's only one thing money won't buy, and that is poverty. ↗

— Joe E. Lewis

#money #one thing #only #poverty #thing

Firstly, economic globalisation has brought prosperity and development to many countries, but also financial crises to Asia, Latin America and Russia, and increasing poverty and marginalisation. ↗

— Anna Lindh

#america #asia #brought #countries #crises

Poverty must be reduced not only for reasons of moral and justice, but also of security. ↗

— Anna Lindh

#justice #moral #must #only #poverty

Social Security not only helps Americans enjoy a secure retirement, it has also kept millions of Americans out of poverty. ↗

— Zoe Lofgren

#enjoy #helps #kept #millions #only

Anticipate charity by preventing poverty. ↗

— Maimonides

#charity #poverty #preventing

I will come up with a project that will wipe out poverty in the Philippines in two years. I want to remove the people from economic crisis by using the Marcos wealth. Long after I'm gone, people will remember me for building them homes and roads and hospitals and giving them food. ↗

— Imelda Marcos

#building #come #crisis #economic #economic crisis

What power can poverty have over a home where loving hearts are beating with a consciousness of untold riches of the head and heart? ↗

— Orison Swett Marden

#consciousness #head #heart #hearts #home

I fundamentally believe that politics is counterintuitive. The left think they're helping working people by providing more rights, but all that actually happens is you create poverty and despair, because jobs go to your competitors who have fewer rights for workers. ↗

— Louise Mensch

#because #believe #competitors #create #despair