Archive for the ‘poverty’ Category
Everyone has an opinion on the poor and the causes of deprivation and we’ve collected the thoughts of those who would tell us how to solve poverty or help us have hope through laughter.
Georg C. Lichtenberg: Imagination For Poor
on Friday, August 17, 2018Georg C. Lichtenberg Money Quote saying the poor must imagine pleasure and possessions because they lack the means to buy them in reality. Georg C. Lichtenberg said:
“The pleasures of the imagination are as it were only drawings and models which are played with by poor people who cannot afford the real thing” — Georg C. Lichtenberg
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Frederik W. de Klerk: Deprivation, no Peace
on Thursday, August 16, 2018Frederik W. de Klerk Money Quote saying any time there are people whose needs go unanswered, poverty will rule by depriving us of peace. Frederik W. de Klerk said:
“Peace does not fare well where poverty and deprivation reign” — Frederik W. de Klerk
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Euripides: No Rich or Poor if Stomach Full
on Wednesday, August 15, 2018Euripides Money Quote saying once we are satisfied and not hungry, little matters to either wealthy or in poverty. Euripides said:
“When a man’s stomach is full it makes no difference whether he is rich or poor” — Euripides
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Saint Augustine: What Does Love Look Like?
on Tuesday, August 14, 2018Saint Augustine Money Quote saying Love looks like any of us who focus on poverty, go to help those who need it and the ability to listen to their needs. Saint Augustine said:
“What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy. It has eyes to see misery and want. It has the ears to hear the sighs and sorrows of men. That is what love looks like” — Saint Augustine
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William James: Fear of Poverty Disease
on Monday, August 13, 2018William James Money Quote saying those with an education seem oddly afraid of poverty, which makes for a diseased mind. William James said:
“The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from which our civilization suffers” — William James
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Plato: City of the Poor at War With Rich
on Saturday, August 11, 2018Plato Money Quote saying Even small towns have both rich and poor and they are constantly at odds with each other over that difference in wealth. Plato said:
“Any city however small, is in fact divided into two, one the city of the poor, the other of the rich. These are at war with one another” — Plato
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Colin Powell: Poverty Assault on Dignity
on Friday, August 10, 2018Colin Powell Money Quote saying poverty is normal where corruption is routine and free enterprise is lacking and law is disrespected. Colin Powell said:
“Poverty arises and persists where corruption is endemic and enterprise is stifled, where basic fairness provided by the rule of law is absent. In such circumstances, poverty is an assault against human dignity, and in that assault lies the natural seed of human anger” — Colin Powell
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Colin Powell: Social Injustice of Poverty
on Thursday, August 9, 2018Colin Powell Money Quote saying that when we allow the poor to be constant victims of injustice, it is because government has done nothing to relieve it. Colin Powell said:
“The root cause of poverty is social injustice and the bad government that abets it” — Colin Powell
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