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“My mother saved our home with a minimum wage job. But in the 1960s, a minimum wage job would support a family of three above the poverty line. Not today. Not even close. I understood right then that people can work hard, they can play by the rules, and they can still take a hard smack.”

“... what's been building since the 1980's is a new kind of social Darwinism that blames poverty and crime and the crisis of our youth on a breakdown of the family. That's what will last after this flurry on family values.”

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Author:Stephanie Coontz

“Very early in my childhood I associated poverty, toil, unemployment, drunkenness, cruelty, quarreling, fighting, debts, jail with large families.”

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Book:The Pivot of Civilization in Historical Perspective: The Birth Control Classic

Source: The Pivot of Civilization in Historical Perspective: The Birth Control Classic

“Poverty devastates families, communities and nations. It causes instability and political unrest and fuels conflict.”

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Author:Kofi Annan

“We all have families who are longing for peace in the world and an end to the suffering caused by poverty, disease, and hunger. Untold numbers of our friends, our neighbors, our parents, and our children, are hoping that there is more understanding, more generosity, more genuine friendship, and more caring among people of all faiths and cultures.”

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Author:John Conyers

“When I see brokenness, poverty and crime in inner cities, I also see the enormous potential and readiness for transformation and rebirth. We are creating an art form that comes from the heart and reflects the pain and sorrow of people's lives. It also expresses joy, beauty, and love. This process lays the foundation of building a genuine community in which people are reconnected with their families, sustained by meaningful work, nurtured by the care of each other and will together raise and educate their children. Then we witness social change in action.”

“Poverty is not natural; it is man-made”

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Book:Notes to the Future: Words of Wisdom

Source: Notes to the Future: Words of Wisdom

“Nothing is so much needed as a secure family life for a people seeking to rise out of poverty and backwardness.”

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Book:The Wisdom of Martin Luther King, Jr

Source: The Wisdom of Martin Luther King, Jr

“Getting through life without a lot of money, possessions, and/or friends is admirable, especially if it is by choice.”

“Life is too short to be anything but happy. So kiss slowly. Love deeply. Forgive quickly. Take chances and never have regrets. Forget the past but remember what it taught you.”

Source: KISS Life "Life is what you make it"