“The worst example of rural poverty is that of migrant farm workers. They have no permanent jobs, so they have no equity in the places where they work. They're not shareholders, let alone entrepreneurs. They're not small farmers, they're not market gardeners, they're just temporary - uprooted, isolated, easily exploitable people.” PeopleJobsPovertyWorstExampleEntrepreneurWorkersPermanentTemporaryFarmsFarmersIsolatedEquityGardenerShareholdersMigrants Author:Wendell Berry
“An attitude of permanent indignation signifies great mental poverty. Politics compels it votaries to take that line and you can see their minds growing more impoverished every day, from one burst of righteous indignation to the next.” MindNextLinesAttitudePovertyGrowingPermanentGreat MenRighteousParliamentIndignationRighteous Indignation Author:Paul Valery
“The thing that distinguishes permanent poverty is bad character.” CharacterPovertyPermanentBad Character Author:James Cook
“If we remove the hope of profit as a means to alleviate misfortune - poverty, illness, misery, disaster - we shall increase our misfortunes and make them permanent.” IfsMeanPovertyIncreaseMiseryProfitIllnessDisasterPermanentRemoveMisfortunesAlleviate Author:Leonard Read
“People from both political parties have long recognized that welfare without work creates negative incentives that lead to permanent poverty. It robs people of self-esteem.” PeopleLongSelfPoliticalPartyPovertySelf EsteemNegativeEsteemPermanentWelfarePolitical PartiesIncentives Author:Mitt Romney