“Self-preservation has a tendency to lead to poverty.” SelfPovertyTendenciesInsecurityPreservationSelf Preservation Author:Jim Rohn
“a society in which there is widespread economic insecurity can turn freedom into a barren and vapid right for millions of people.” PeopleTurnsPovertyMillionsEconomicInsecurityBarrenVapid Author:Eleanor Roosevelt
“Development is a fundamental part of our national security. It is extreme poverty - the realities of access to water and food - which creates the long-term drivers of our insecurity. Most wars are fought over scarce resources, and that is going to accelerate in the future.” LongWarRealityTermWaterPovertySecurityDevelopmentResourcesFundamentalsExtremesAccessLong TermInsecurityDriversNational SecurityScarceAccelerateExtreme PovertyScarce ResourcesAccess To Water Author:Rajiv Shah
“Parents who are stressed or disturbed will have more difficulty in meeting their children's needs. Parents who have little support--from friends, relatives, neighbors, or the community--are more likely to be overburdened by the demands of their babies and to be unable to respond to them adequately. Parents who experience severe poverty or economic insecurity, who cannot satisfy their own basic needs, are likely to have difficulty in responding to their children's needs.” NeedsChildrenLittlesParentCommunityPovertySupportEconomicBabyDemandDifficultyMeetingsNeighborInsecuritySevereStressedDisturbedRespondingBasic Needs Author:Sheila Kamerman
“The number-one reason women say they returned to their abuser is financial insecurity. Often they have kids with them. They say half of the 66 million women and kids living in poverty in the US wouldn't be if women were just paid their full dollar. That's an enormous impact we could make on child hunger.” IfsChildrenReasonKidsNumbersHalfPovertyMillionsPaidImpactDollarsFinancialHungerEnormousInsecurityAbusers Author:Patricia Arquette