“This Congress did more to uplift education, more to attack disease in this country and around the world, and more to conquer poverty than any other session in all American history, and what more worthy achievements could any person want to have? For it was the Congress that was more true than any other Congress to Thomas Jefferson's belief that: 'The care of human life and happiness is the first and only legitimate objective of good Government.'” WorldWantFirstsHumansPersonsCountryGovernmentCareBeliefEducationPovertyDiseaseAchievementCongressWorthyObjectivesAround The WorldConquerUpliftingHuman LifeAmerican HistorySessionLife And Happiness Author:Lyndon B. Johnson
“Tis mighty easy o'er a glass of wine On vain refinements vainly to refine, To laugh at poverty in plenty's reign, To boast of apathy when out of pain, And in each sentence, worthy of the schools, Varnish'd with sophistry, to deal out rules Most fit for practice, but for one poor fault That into practice they can ne'er be brought.” SchoolPainEasyPoorDealsPovertyPracticeLaughingFitWineFaultsGlassesWorthySentencesPlentyVainApathyReignBoastRefinementWine GlassSophistry Book:The Poetical Works of Charles Churchill: With Memoir, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes Source: The Poetical Works of Charles Churchill: With Memoir, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes
“To say that poverty explains terror is to slander those caught in poverty who choose to lead worthy lives. [Terrorists] are not the oppressed, but they are the parasites of the oppressed.” PovertyCaughtTerrorWorthyTerroristOppressedSlanderParasites Author:Sean Wilentz
“Not only did we survive AIDS, Reaganomics, poverty, racism, gang violence, police brutality, substance abuse - not only did we survive that, we created something endured. And whatever you might think of commercial hip hop now, there's a lot there to like and there's a lot there to critique and there's a lot of things you could say both about. But we created something that endured when we ourselves were not supposed to endure. When we ourselves were not supposed to survive and thrive. So I think that is worthy of respect and preservation and it's US history.” ThinkingPovertyViolenceRacismAbusePoliceEndureHip HopWorthyAidsThriveGangPolice BrutalityCritiqueSubstance Abuse Author:Sofia Quintero
“Indeed, ask every man separately whether he thinks it laudable and worthy of a man of this age to hold a position from which he receives a salary disproportionate to his work; to take from the people--often in poverty--taxes to be spent on constructing cannon, torpedoes, and other instruments of butchery, so as to make war on people with whom we wish to be at peace, and who feel the same wish in regard to us; or to receive a salary for devoting one's whole life to constructing these instruments of butchery, or to preparing oneself and others for the work of murder.” PeopleThinkingMenFeelsWarWholeAgeAsksWishPovertyPositionTaxesMurderRegardInstrumentsOneselfWorthyWhole LifeEvery ManPreparingSalaryCannonsButcheryTorpedoes Author:Leo Tolstoy
“The Master said, "Wealth and honor are things that all people desire, and yet unless they are acquired in the proper way I will not abide them. Poverty and disgrace are things that all people hate, and yet unless they are avoided in the proper way I will not despise them. If the gentleman abandons ren, how can he be worthy of that name? The gentleman does not violate ren even for the amount of time required to eat a meal. Even in times of urgency or distress, he does not depart from it."” PeopleIfsWayDoeSaidDesireHateNamesWealthPovertyMastersAmountHonorWorthyGentlemanMealsAbandonDespiseDistressAvoidedDisgraceUrgency Author:Confucius