“Naked I came into the world, but brush strokes cover me, language raises me, music rhythms me. Art is my rod and staff, my resting place and shield, and not mine only, for art leaves nobody out. Even those from whom art has been stolen away by tyranny, by poverty, begin to make it again. If the arts did not exist, at every moment, someone would begin to create them, in song, out of dust and mud, and although the artifacts might be destroyed, the energy that creates them is not destroyed.” IfsWorldHas BeensArtMomentsMightSongEnergyLanguagePovertyMinesArt IsRaisesTyrannyNakedDestroyedRhythmDustStaffStrokesBrushesMudStolenShieldsArtifactsBrush Strokes Author:Jeanette Winterson
“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
“We can't leave people in abject poverty, so we need to raise the standard of living for 80% of the world's people, while bringing it down considerably for the 20% who are destroying our natural resources.” PeopleWorldNeedsNaturalPovertyStandardsResourcesRaisesEnvironmentalDestroyingNatural ResourcesStandards Of Living Author:Jane Goodall
“Where you find obesity, you'll find poverty. It's a reflection of the South's struggle to raise its standard of living.” PovertyStruggleStandardsReflectionRaisesSouthObesityStandards Of Living Author:William R. Ferris
“The psychological pain--and the ethical shame--of American poverty are made greater by the fact that this country possesses the wealth and the energy to raise all children to a minimally decent standard of living.” ChildrenMadeCountryFactsPainEnergyWealthPovertyGreaterStandardsShameRaisesPsychologicalDecentEthicalStandards Of LivingPsychological PainAmerican Poverty Book:All Our Children: The American Family Under Pressure Source: All Our Children: The American Family Under Pressure
“While we fight poverty in the Gulf, we also have to fight poverty across America. We should begin by returning to a promise once kept and now broken: If you work full-time, you shouldn't have to raise your children in poverty.” IfsShouldChildrenAmericaFightingPovertyBrokenPromiseOur ChildrenRaisesYour Children Author:John Edward
“Let's also, my friends, let's raise the minimum wage and support the 5 for 15 so you don't live in poverty.” PovertySupportMy FriendsRaisesMinimumMinimum Wage Author:Hillary Clinton
“I want us to raise the national minimum wage, because people who live in poverty should not - who work full-time should not still be in poverty.” PeopleWantShouldStillsPovertyRaisesMinimumWant UMinimum Wage Author:Hillary Clinton
“How do I change? If I feel depressed I will sing. If I feel sad I will laugh. If I feel ill I will double my labor. If I feel fear I will plunge ahead. If I feel inferior I will wear new garments. If I feel uncertain I will raise my voice. If I feel poverty I will think of wealth to come. If I feel incompetent I will think of past success. If I feel insignificant I will remember my goals. Today I will be the master of my emotions.” IfsThinkingFeelsTodayPastRememberGoalVoiceWealthEmotionPovertyLaughingMastersSadLaborRaisesIllInferiorsUncertainInsignificantGarmentsPlungeIncompetentPast SuccessI Feel Sad Author:Og Mandino
“Socialism needs to pull down wealth; liberalism seeks to raise up poverty. Socialism would destroy private interests, Liberalism would preserve [them] ... by reconciling them with public right. Socialism would kill enterprise; Liberalism would rescue enterprise from the trammels of privilege and preference. Socialism assails the preeminence of the individual; Liberalism seeks ... to build up a minimum standard for the mass. Socialism exalts the rule; Liberalism exalts the man. Socialism attacks capitalism; Liberalism attacks monopoly.” MenNeedsIndividualInterestWealthPovertyMassStandardsCapitalismRaisesPrivilegeSocialismPreservesLiberalismEnterpriseRescueMinimumPreferenceMonopolyRaise Up Author:Winston Churchill