“Simplicity in its essence demands neither a vow of poverty nor a life of rural homesteading. As an ethic of self-conscious material moderation, it can be practiced in cities and suburbs, townhouses and condominiums. It requires neither a log cabin nor a hairshirt but a deliberate ordering of priorities so as to distinguish between the necessary and superfluous, useful and wasteful, beautiful and vulgar.” SelfBeautifulCitiesPovertyMaterialsDemandEthicsConsciousEssenceSimplicityPrioritiesConsumerismModerationVulgarDeliberateVowSelf ConsciousSuburbsOverconsumptionSuperfluousCabinsHomesteadingLog Cabins Author:David Shi
“There are different varieties and forms of capitalism. There are priorities within the capitalist society so that you can have countervailing forces come in and empower your working people and your poor people. There are capitalist societies that do not have poverty. America needs to understand that.” PeopleNeedsDifferentAmericaFormForcePoorPovertyCapitalismPrioritiesVarietyEmpoweringCapitalistPoor People Author:Cornel West
“Military inclusion has never been a central demand from trans populations, who consistently name criminalization, immigration enforcement, poverty and joblessness as top priorities.” NamesPovertyMilitaryDemandPopulationPrioritiesImmigrationInclusionConsistentlyEnforcementJoblessnessTransTop Priorities Author:Dean Spade
“The existence of poverty in the US should not be accepted as a necessary evil or insoluble problem, but should be considered a crisis requiring emergency measures. It is a matter of will and priorities, not a matter of resources.” ShouldMatterProblemEvilExistencePovertyResourcesCrisisAcceptedPrioritiesEmergenciesNecessary Evil Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.
“In this great country of ours, it is inexcusable that so many children grow up in poverty and despair. The well-being of our children must be the national priority and the responsibility of every individual.” WellsChildrenCountryIndividualGrowsResponsibilityPovertyGrowing UpDespairOur ChildrenPrioritiesWell BeingGreat Country Author:Jimmy Carter
“The first and foremost priority is to finish the unfinished task which the founding fathers of India set out for us at the time of our independence: to get rid of chronic poverty, ignorance, and disease, which have afflicted millions and millions of our people.” PeopleFirstsFatherPovertyMillionsIgnoranceDiseaseTasksIndiaIndependencePrioritiesFoundingUnfinished Author:Manmohan Singh
“Kids who are middle class, socioeconomically, are surrounded by mentors. They have coaches, teachers, they have family friends, their parents have friends. They might have opportunities, they might have jobs that allow them to experience things that kids in poverty often don't have. Sometimes they come from dysfunctional families. And when you come from a family where money's a real challenge, then it might not be a priority to get you into a summer internship.” RealSometimesKidsOpportunityParentChallengesPovertyTeacherSummerCoachesPrioritiesMiddle ClassMentorFamily FriendsDysfunctional Family Author:Soledad O'Brien
“Our foremost priority is the removal of poverty, hunger and malnutrition, disease and illiteracy. All social welfare programmes must be implemented efficiently. Agencies involved in the delivery of services should have a strong sense of duty and work in a transparent, corruption-free, time-bound and accountable manner.” ShouldStrongSocialPovertyDutyInvolvedDiseaseShould HaveBoundsHungerCorruptionPrioritiesWelfareAgencyTransparentDeliveryProgrammesRemovalFree TimeMalnutritionIlliteracySocial WelfareWelfare Programs Author:Pratibha Patil
“The poverty of our century is unlike that of any other. It is not, as poverty was before, the result of natural scarcity, but of a set of priorities imposed upon the rest of the world by the rich.” WorldNaturalPoorResultsPovertyRichCenturyPrioritiesBeggarScarcityWorld Poverty Book:Keeping a Rendezvous Source: Keeping a Rendezvous
“My top most priority is to deal with India's massive social and economic problems, so that chronic poverty, ignorance and disease can be conquered in a reasonably short period of time.” ProblemSocialDealsPovertyEconomicIgnorancePeriodsDiseaseIndiaPrioritiesMassiveEconomic Problems Author:Manmohan Singh