“Support for shelters and transitional living and housing programs is necessary if we are going to change the landscape for homeless boys and girls in America.” IfsAmericaGirlBoysSupportYouthProgramLandscapeShelterHomelessHousingHomelessnessBoy And Girl Author:Jewel
“In America, you are not required to offer food to the hungry or shelter the homeless. There is no ordinance forcing you to visit the lonely, or comfort the infirmed. No where in the Constitution does it say you have to provide clothing to the poor. In fact, one of the nicest things about living here in America, is that you really don't have to do anything for anybody. But when you do, you give meaning and provide soul to the concept of community...and develop a sense of purpose to something greater than one's self.” GivingDoeSoulSelfFactsAmericaPurposeCommunityPoorGreaterComfortOffersConceptsLonelyConstitutionHungryClothingsShelterHomelessOrdinances Author:Pope Paul VI
“Famously sunny Los Angeles has long been known as the homeless capital of America, from beachy communities like Santa Monica and Venice to Skid Row downtown.” LongAmericaCommunityKnownLos AngelesHomelessSantaSunnyVeniceDowntownMonicaSanta MonicaSkid Row Author:John Carlos Frey
“Have you ever noticed that the only metaphor we have in our public discourse for solving problems is to declare war on it? We have the war on crime, the war on cancer, the war on drugs. But did you ever notice that we have no war on homelessness? You know why? Because there's no money in that problem. No money to be made off of the homeless. If you can find a solution to homelessness where the corporations and politicians can make a few million dollars each, you will see the streets of America begin to clear up pretty damn quick!” IfsKnowsMadeWarProblemAmericaMillionsClearStreetsCrimePoliticianDrugSolutionsDollarsMetaphorCancerCorporationsDamnProblem SolvingHomelessDiscourseHomelessnessMillion DollarsNo MoneyWar On DrugsNo WarPublic Discourse Author:George Carlin
“Poor America, of what avail is all her wealth, if the individuals comprising the nation are wretchedly poor? If they live in squalor, in filth, in crime, with hope and joy gone, a homeless, soulless army of human prey.” IfsHumansAmericaJoyIndividualNationsWealthPoorUnited StatesGoneCrimeArmyHomelessPreyFilthSoullessSqualor Author:Emma Goldman
“The home of the homeless all over the earth.” HomeEarthAmericaHomeless Book:The Poems of Alfred B. Street Source: The Poems of Alfred B. Street
“[On her father, Ronald Reagan:] How do you argue with someone who states that the people who are sleeping on the grates of the streets of America 'are homeless by choice'?” PeopleStatesAmericaChoicesFatherSleepStreetsArguingHomelessGrate Author:Patti Davis