“People who have escaped from poverty are like old soldiers. In later years they recount the little, amusing incidents that happened infrequently, and conveniently forget the long, unrelieved stretches of misery and boredom.” PeopleYearsLittlesLongForgetPovertyHappenedMiserySoldierBoredomIncidentsAmusingOld Soldiers Book:R.S.V.P.: Elsa Maxwell's Own Story Source: R.S.V.P.: Elsa Maxwell's Own Story
“There was the murdered corpse, in covert laid, And violent death in thousand shapes displayed; The city to the soldier's rage resigned; Successless wars, and poverty behind; Ships burnt in fight, or forced on rocky shores, And the rash hunter strangled by the boars; The newborn babe by nurses overlaid; And the cook caught within the raging fire he made.” MadeWarDeathFightingCitiesBehindsPovertyFireThousandShapesMurderSoldierCaughtRageViolentShipsCooksShoreNurseHuntersCorpsesBabeNewbornResignedCovertViolent DeathBoars Book:Palamon and Arcite Source: Palamon and Arcite
“We will form an army of poor, where every poor will be a soldier and we will win the war against poverty on behalf of their strength.” WarFormMotivationWinningPoorPovertyIndiaArmySoldierBehalfWe Will Win Author:Narendra Modi
“The ultimate objective of subsidies should be to empower the poor, to break the cycle of poverty, and become foot-soldiers in our war on poverty.” ShouldWarPoorPovertyBreakFeetEmpowermentUltimateIndiaSoldierObjectivesEmpoweringCyclesSubsidiesWar On PovertyCycle Of Poverty Author:Narendra Modi
“And it was as if fate had betrayed the soldier. In death it exposed to his enemies that poverty which in life he had perhaps concealed from his friends.” IfsEnemyPovertyFateSoldierExposedBetrayedConcealed Book:The Red Badge of Courage Source: The Red Badge of Courage