“It is only luxury and avarice that make poverty grievous to us; for it is a very small matter that does our business, and when we have provided against cold, hunger, and thirst, all the rest is but vanity and excess.” DoeMatterPovertyColdHungerLuxuryVanityExcessThirstAvariceHunger And Thirst Author:Seneca the Younger
“Poverty makes people sub-human Excess of wealth makes people inhuman” PeopleHumansWealthPovertyExcessInhuman Author:Groucho Marx
“We should condemn as unjust a global economic order that leads to ever-increasing economic disparities - provided this effect is foreseeable and provided it is also avoidable through some alternative institutional design that would foreseeably lead to much less poverty and inequality. Those involved in designing or imposing the existing rules are collectively responsible for the resulting excess deprivations and human rights deficits.” ShouldHumansOrderPovertyRightsEconomicEffectsDesignInvolvedResponsibleHuman RightsInequalityAlternativesExcessUnjustDeficitImposingDeprivationDisparityEconomic Order Author:Thomas Pogge