#poverty

The point is that there is tremendous hypocrisy among the Christian right. And I think that Christian voters should start looking at global warming and extreme poverty as a religious issue that speaks to the culture of life. ↗

— Al Franken

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We expect that in the next years, the economy will improve. And we expect that extreme poverty will drop from 22 percent to 11 percent by the year 2000. ↗

— Alberto Fujimori

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Poverty is not the root cause of crime. ↗

— Rush Limbaugh

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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

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

— Anna Lindh

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Great numbers of Asian Americans do not fit the model minority or 'tiger family' stereotypes, living instead in multigenerational poverty far from the mainstream. ↗

— Eric Liu

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There is nothing worse than being ashamed of parsimony or poverty. ↗

— Titus Livius

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

— Zoe Lofgren

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The two big advantages I had at birth were to have been born wise and to have been born in poverty. ↗

— Sophia Loren

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That first responsibility as a school board member - meals for latch-key children - was absolutely critical in my understanding of the extraordinary problems of poverty. ↗

— Richard Lugar

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