Poverty Quotes

"When you are poor, you'll have to think of ways to be better off."

"Wars of nations are fought to change maps. But wars of poverty are fought to map change."

Muhammad Ali

"Poverty is the worst form of violence."

"Overcoming poverty is not a task of charity, it is an act of justice."

"Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime."

"So long as the millions live in hunger and ignorance, I hold every man a traitor, who, having been educated at their expense, pays not the least heed to them."

"The poor man is not he who is without a cent, but he who is without a dream."

Harry Kemp

"The opposite of poverty is not wealth; the opposite of poverty is justice."

Bryan Stevenson

"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."

Dwight D. Eisenhower

“Wealth is the parent of luxury and indolence, and poverty of meanness and viciousness, and both of discontent.”

“If we want to reduce poverty and misery, if we want to give to every deserving individual what is needed for a safe existence of an intelligent being, we want to provide more machinery, more power.”

“As long as poverty, injustice and gross inequality persist in our world, none of us can truly rest.”

“It is hard to interest those who have everything in those who have nothing.”

“Lack of money is the root of all evil.”

“Asked what was the most wretched thing in life, he replied, "An old man destitute."

“The struggle for liberation is not separate from the struggle against backwardness and poverty.”

“Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime.”

"Lack of money is the root of all evil."

“Poverty is the greatest polluter.”

Indira Gandhi

“So long as the millions live in hunger and ignorance, I hold every man a traitor who, having been educated at their expense, pays not the least heed to them.”

“Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice.”

“Poverty is the worst form of violence.”

“Poverty is not created by poor people.”

Muhammad Yunus

“Poverty is not just a lack of money; it is not having the capability to realize one's full potential as a human being.”

Amartya Sen

“The opposite of poverty is not wealth; the opposite of poverty is justice.”

Bryan Stevenson