“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
“Poor people in America today (people who are officially in poverty) have a higher standard of living - in terms of medical standards, in terms of going to college, in terms of the way people live - than middle class people did thirty years ago.” PeopleWayYearsTodayAmericaTermPoorClassPovertyMiddleCollegeHigherStandardsYears AgoMedicalThirtyMiddle ClassPoor PeopleThirty YearsStandards Of LivingAmerica TodayHigher StandardsGoing To College Author:Michael Medved
“We are living in the richest country in the history of the world, yet we have the highest rate of childhood poverty of almost any major country and millions of people are struggling to put food on the table. It is my absolute conviction that everyone in this country deserves a minimum standard of living and we've got to go forward in the fight to make that happen.” PeopleWorldCountryHappensFightingPovertyMillionsStruggleChildhoodMajorsHighestStandardsDeserveAbsolutesTablesRateConvictionMinimumWorld HistoryStandards Of Living Author:Bernie Sanders
“I would put primary emphasis on a good standard of living equitably distributed. It can't be equal, but one that eliminates the terrible cruelty of poverty.” PovertyTerribleEqualStandardsCrueltyPrimariesEmphasisStandards Of Living Author:John Kenneth Galbraith
“I have certain objectives. They're the same objectives my father had to give people a higher standard of living, to do away with the cancer of poverty, to eliminate the consequences of economic backwardness.” PeopleGivingCertainFatherPovertyEconomicHigherStandardsConsequenceCancerObjectivesStandards Of LivingHigher Standards Author:Indira Gandhi
“A few hundred years ago, perhaps 85 or even 90 percent of humanity lived below a standard of living that today only 40 or 45 percent fail to reach. But at that earlier time only part of this poverty could have been eradicated, and this at substantial cost not only to the pleasures of the affluent, but also to their well-being and to human culture. In our time, nearly all severe poverty could be eradicated at a cost to the affluent that is truly trivial.” YearsHumansWellsHas BeensTodayHumanityCulturePleasurePovertyFailingCostStandardsPercentHundredYears AgoWell BeingOur TimeSevereCould Have BeenStandards Of LivingAffluent Author:Thomas Pogge