“You, that have toiled during youth, to set your son upon higher ground, and to enable him to begin where you left off, do not expect that son to be what you were, - diligent, modest, active, simple in his tastes, fertile in resources. You have put him under quite a different master. Poverty educated you; wealth will educate him. You cannot suppose the result will be the same.” DifferentLeftWealthSimpleResultsPovertyYouthSonMastersHigherTasteResourcesActiveEducatedEducateModestFertileDiligentYour SonHigher Ground Book:Anna Letitia Barbauld: Selected Poetry and Prose Source: Anna Letitia Barbauld: Selected Poetry and Prose
“No matter how well-born, how intelligent, how highly educated, how virtuous, how rich, how refined, the women of to-day constitutea political class below that of every man, no matter how base-born, how stupid, how ignorant, how vicious, how poverty-stricken, how brutal. The pauper in the almshouse may vote; the lady who devotes her philanthropic thought to making that almshouse habitable, may not. The tramp who begs cold victuals in the kitchen may vote; the heiress who feeds him and endows universities may not.” MenWellsMayMatterPoliticalBornClassPovertyRichStupidColdVoteIntelligentUniversityEvery ManIgnorantEducatedKitchenVirtuousBrutalViciousRefinedSuffragePhilanthropicTrampsWoman SuffrageHeiress Author:Mary Corinna Putnam Jacobi
“Healthy children are born from healthy, respected, well-nourished and educated mothers and it is imperative that they have a voice in the decisions which affect them. If you empower a mother and let her have her say towards a poverty-free future, the positive impact this would have on ending hunger will be immense.” IfsWellsChildrenMotherVoiceBornDecisionInspiringPovertyHealthyImpactHungerEducatedEmpoweringImmenseImperativesMothers DayPositive ImpactEnding HungerHealthy Children Author:Dionne Warwick
“Capitalism in the 19th century did not doom the worker to a life of perpetual poverty. Instead, they kept creating new and better-paying employments as the decades went by. They produced the wealth and rising income that resulted in the emergence of a phenomenon completely new to human history: a self-supporting and educated middle class that grew more and more as they lower classes bettered their economic well-being.” HumansWellsSelfWealthClassPovertyEconomicMiddleCenturyGrewCreatingCapitalismWorkersDecadesIncomeEducatedEmploymentWell BeingRisingMiddle ClassPhenomenonPerpetualHuman HistoryDoom19th CenturyEmergenceLower Class Author:Richard Ebeling
“I don't think poverty provides that much of an obstacle to education as one thinks. I think the bigger obstacle to education is the fact that it's a very hard thing to do for a first-generation schoolgoer. Because not to have parents at home who can help you, motivate you, is a problem even when the parents are in the abstract very keen on children being educated.” ThinkingFirstsChildrenHardFactsHelpingProblemHomeParentPovertyGenerationsBiggerObstaclesEducatedThings To DoAbstractHard Things Author:Amartya Sen
“I think there are a lot of Republicans who recognize that investment in adolescent girls and empowering them is good for our foreign policy. When they're educated, they tend to give back more to their communities, to rise out of poverty in a way that is good for their families and their communities and ultimately, their countries. I think that we need to keep laying down these markers, and pointing out what's important to our national security and what's important around the world.” ThinkingWorldGivingImportantCountryGirlCommunityPovertySecurityPolicyRepublicanInvestmentEducatedEmpoweringForeign PolicyNational SecurityPointingGiving Back Author:Jeanne Shaheen
“It's hard to do it because you gotta look people in the eye and tell 'em they're irresponsible and lazy. And who's gonna wanna do that? Because that's what poverty is, ladies and gentlemen. In this country, you can succeed if you get educated and work hard. Period. Period.” PeopleIfsLooksCountryHardEyePovertyHard WorkPeriodsSucceedEducatedGentlemanLazyEmsIrresponsibleLadies And Gentlemen Author:Bill O'Reilly
“The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from which our civilization suffers.” SufferingFearMoralClassPovertyWorstCivilizationDiseaseEducatedMiddle ClassEnding Poverty Book:Writings, 1902-1910 Source: Writings, 1902-1910