“Plenty is the original cause of many of our needs; and even the poverty, which is so frequent and distressful in civilized nations, proceeds often from that change of manners which opulence has produced. Nature makes us poor only when we want necessaries; but custom gives the name of poverty to the want of superfluities.” WantNeedsGivingNamesNationsCausesPoorPovertyOriginalsPlentyMannersCivilizedCustomsConsumerismOverconsumptionOpulenceCivilized Nations Book:The Rambler: A Periodical Paper, Published in 1750, 1751, 1752 Source: The Rambler: A Periodical Paper, Published in 1750, 1751, 1752
“You mix the affluence of the white and the poverty of the black and you do not get a civilized society. Integration on an equal level is one thing. Mixing on an unequal level is another.” BlackWhiteLevelsPovertyOne ThingEqualRacismEqualityCivilizedIntegrationMixingAffluenceCivilized Society Author:Marya Mannes
“Such poverty as we have today in all our great cities degrades the poor, and infects with its degradation the whole neighborhood in which they live. And whatever can degrade a neighborhood can degrade a country and a continent and finally the whole civilized world, which is only a large neighborhood.” WorldCountryWholeTodayPoorCitiesPovertyNeighborhoodCivilizedContinentsDegradationDegradeGreat Cities Author:George Bernard Shaw
“Deep thinkers who look everywhere for the mysterious causes of poverty, ignorance, crime and war need look no further than their own mirrors. We are all born into this world poor and ignorant, and with thoroughly selfish and barbaric impulses. Those of us who turn out any other way do so largely through the efforts of others, who civilized us before we got big enough to do too much damage to the world or ourselves.” WorldWayNeedsLooksWarEnoughBigsTurnsCausesBornPoorEffortPovertyToo MuchCrimeThis WorldIgnoranceMirrorsSelfishIgnorantMysteriousImpulseDamageCivilizedThinkerBarbaricCauses Of PovertyDeep Thinker Book:Compassion Versus Guilt and Other Essays Source: Compassion Versus Guilt and Other Essays
“The United States has more people living in poverty than at almost any time in the modern history of our country. I believe that in a democratic, civilized society none of our people should be hungry or living in desperation. We need to expand Social Security, not cut it. We need to increase funding for nutrition programs, not cut them.” PeopleNeedsShouldBelieveCountryStatesI BelieveSocialUnitedPovertyUnited StatesCuttingModernSecurityProgramIncreaseDemocraticHungryOur CountryCivilizedNutritionDesperationSocial SecurityFundingCivilized SocietyModern History Author:Bernie Sanders
“The rich become richer and the poor become poorer is a cry heard throughout the whole civilized world.” WorldWholeLiteraturePoorPovertyRichHeardCryCivilizedVaccines Author:Friedrich Schiller
“Poverty does not belong in civilized human society. Its proper place is in a museum. That's where it will be.” HumansDoePovertyCivilizedMuseumsHuman SocietyCivilized Society Author:Muhammad Yunus