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“Have not all theists painted their Deity as the god of love and goodness? Yet after thousands of years of such preachments the gods remain deaf to the agony of the human race. Confucius cares not for the poverty, squalor and misery of the people of China. Buddha remains undisturbed in his philosophical indifference to the famine and starvation of outraged Hindoos; Jahve continues deaf to the bitter cry of Israel; while Jesus refuses to rise from the dead against his Christians who are butchering each other.”

Source: Mother Earth, a Monthly Magazine Devoted to the Social Science and Literature

“Honduras was the original 'banana republic,' and its poverty remains extreme.”

Poverty Originals Remains Extremes Republic Bananas Honduras

Author:Elliott Abrams

“The best antidote to poverty remains simple - a paycheck. Policies like paid family leave, workplace flexibility and affordable quality childcare can make the difference for two-parent or single-parent working families who struggle to make ends meet.”

Two Ends Parent Differences Simple Quality Poverty Struggle Policy Paid Remains Workplace Flexibility Antidote Affordable Paychecks Single Parent Childcare

Author:Madeleine M. Kunin

“There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.”

Source: Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations