“For each of the four hundred and four bodily ailments celebrated physicians have produced infallible remedies, but the malady which brings the greatest distress to mankind - to even the wisest and cleverest of us - is the plague of poverty.” PovertyFourMankindHundredRemedyPhysiciansDistressPlagueWisestInfallibleMaladyAilments Author:Ihara Saikaku
“It would take little more than $50 billion to raise every poor person above the official poverty line, yet the percentage of the population classified as poor hardly budges, while annual welfare spending amounts to four times that much. Where's the money going?” LittlesPersonsLinesPoorPovertyFourAmountEconomicsRaisesPopulationCorruptionSpendingBillionsWelfareOfficialsPercentagesAnnuals Author:Robert Higgs
“Four hundred top-decision makers listed the myriad looming threats to global security, including famine, terrorism, inequality, disease, poverty and climate change. Yet when we tried to address each diverse force, we found them all attached to one universal security risk: fresh water.” FoundForceWaterDecisionPovertyFourRiskSecurityDiseaseHundredUniversalThreatClimateClimate ChangeIncludingTerrorismInequalityAddressesMakersDiverseFamineLoomingDecision MakersFresh Water Author:Margaret Catley-Carlson
“Not only are the numbers of migrants entering the United States at the lowest levels in a generation, but they are now largely Central American. Four out of five border-crossers detained in South Texas are Guatemalan, Honduran or Salvadoran. They are driven by violence and poverty in their home countries and the desire for family reunification.” CountryStatesHomeDesireLevelsUnitedNumbersPovertyUnited StatesFiveFourViolenceGenerationsSouthDrivenBordersTexasLowestEnteringMigrantsHome CountryReunification Author:Alan Bersin
“When evening comes, I return home and go into my study. On the threshold I strip off my muddy, sweaty clothes of everyday, and put on the robes of court and palace, and in this graver dress I enter the antique courts of the ancients and am welcomed by them, and there I taste the food that alone is mine, and for which I was born. And there I make bold to speak to them and ask the motives of their actions, and they, in their humanity, reply to me. And for the space of four hours I forget the world, remember no vexation, fear poverty no more, tremble no more at death; I pass indeed into their world.” WorldHomeActionRememberHumanityAsksSpeakBornHoursSpaceForgetPovertyStudyFourMinesReturnTasteClothesDressesCourtEveningMotivePalacesThresholdRobesAntiquesMuddyVexationForget The World Author:Niccolo Machiavelli