“Cheerless poverty has no harder trial than this, that it makes men the subject of ridicule. [Lat., Nil habet infelix paupertas durius in se Quam quod ridiculos homines facit.]” MenPovertySubjectsHarderTrialsRidicule Author:Juvenal
“There are those who believe justice and dignity are reserved only for some people. Young men have died in police custody, and the growing heel of poverty has worn down harder on children of color...We must fight back.” PeopleMenBelieveChildrenYoungFightingJusticePovertyGrowingColorDignityHarderDiedPoliceYoung ManHeelsWornReservedCustody Author:Elizabeth Warren
“What I would say to young women is: Pay attention to the real. Pay attention to what you're really thirsting for. What do you really want? And I think that's much harder to decipher in a culture that has no interest in it. What interests me is, are we going to wake in time? Are human beings going to wake up to ourselves, to the incredible poverty that's on this planet, to what we're doing to the earth, to what we're doing to women, to what we're doing to boys? That's what's important.” ThinkingWantHumansImportantRealEarthYoungCultureInterestHuman BeingsPayAttentionBoysPovertyPlanetsHarderWake UpIncrediblesPay AttentionYoung WomenWhat's ImportantDecipher Author:Eve Ensler
“I had a very depressing response because I realized that these were my own people, these were Negroes throwing eggs at me. I'm concerned about the fact that maybe all of us have contributed to this by not working harder to get rid of the conditions, the poverty, the social isolation, and all of the conditions that cause individuals to respond like this.” PeopleFactsIndividualSocialCausesMy OwnPovertyConditionsConcernedHarderResponseI RealizedIsolationEggsThrowingDepressingVery DepressingSocial Isolation Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Even today we don't pay serious attention to the issue of poverty, because the powerful remain relatively untouched by it. Most people distance themselves from the issue by saying that if the poor worked harder, they wouldn't be poor.” PeopleIfsTodayPoorPowerfulPayAttentionPovertyIssuesSeriousHarderDistance Book:Banker To The Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty Source: Banker To The Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty
“I grew up hearing over and over, to the point of tedium, that "hard work" was the secret of success: "Work hard and you'll get ahead" or "It's hard work that got us where we are." No one ever said that you could work hard - harder even than you ever thought possible - and still find yourself sinking ever deeper into poverty and debt.” SaidStillsHardSecretPovertyHard WorkGrewGrew UpHarderDeeperHearingDebtFinding YourselfSinkingGet AheadSecret To SuccessTedium Author:Barbara Ehrenreich