“Once any group in society stands in a relatively deprived position in relation to other groups, it is genuinely deprived.” PovertyGroupsPositionRelationDiscriminationOppressionDeprived Book:Twentieth century faith: hope and survival Source: Twentieth century faith: hope and survival
“Capitalism, the ogre of those protesting Wall Street, has suffered a public relations crisis in the wake of the global economic collapse. But any remedy to the systemic corruption that led to the collapse should not displace recognition that capitalism creates wealth. Capitalism, and no other economic system, has raised millions from poverty around the world.” WorldShouldWealthPovertyMillionsEconomicStreetsWallCapitalismRelationCrisisRaisedCorruptionAround The WorldRecognitionCollapseRemedyPublic RelationsEconomic SystemsEconomic Collapse Author:Kathleen Parker
“When I'm not governing my country any more, I'll go back to taking care of children. Or else I'll start studying anthropology - it's a science that's always interested me very much, also in relation to the problem of poverty. Or else I'll go back to studying history - at Oxford I took my degree in history. Or else...I don't know, I'm fascinated by the tribal communities. I might busy myself with them.” KnowsChildrenCountryProblemMightCareCommunityPovertyStudyDegreesRelationBusyFascinatedGoverningAnthropologyOxfordStudying History Author:Indira Gandhi
“Poverty is not a certain small amount of goods, nor is it just a relation between means and ends; above all it is a relation between people. Poverty is a social status. As such it is the invention of civilization. Socrates made the same point 2,400 years ago: "He is richest who is content with least, for contentment is the wealth of nature.” PeopleYearsMeanMadeEndsCertainSocialWealthPovertyAmountCivilizationYears AgoRelationInventionContentmentGoodsSmall AmountsSocial Status Author:Christopher Ryan
“It has always been my view that terrorism is not spawned by the poverty of money; it is spawned by the poverty of dignity. Humiliation is the most underestimated force in international relations and in human relations. It is when people or nations are humiliated that they really lash out and engage in extreme violence.” PeopleHumansForceNationsViewsPovertyViolenceDignityRelationInternationalExtremesTerrorismHumiliationInternational RelationsHuman RelationsHumiliatedLashesUnderestimated Author:Thomas Friedman
“Religion must be used in furthering great works of justice and reform. It must be used to establish right relations between different groups of men, and thus to make a reality of brotherhood. It must be used to abolish poverty, the breeding ground of all misery and crime, by distributing equably among men the abundance of the soil. And it must be used to get rid of war and to establish enduring peace. Here is the supreme test of the effectiveness of religion.” MenDifferentWarRealityUsedReligionJusticePovertyGroupsCrimeTestsRelationMiseryEndureSupremeReformSoilAbundanceBrotherhoodGreat WorkEffectivenessBreedingAbolish Author:John Haynes Holmes
“The laws expressing the relations between energy and matter are, however, not solely of importance in pure science. They necessarily come first in order ... in the whole record of human experience, and they control, in the last resort, the rise or fall of political systems, the freedom or bondage of nations, the movements of commerce and industry, the origin of wealth and poverty, and the general physical welfare of the race.” FirstsHumansMatterWholeLastsLawSciencePoliticalOrderFallEnergyNationsWealthFreedomRacePovertyRecordsMovementExpressionIndustryPureImportanceRelationWelfareCommerceBondageHuman ExperienceResortsPolitical SystemsWealth And Poverty Author:Frederick Soddy
“The world's most 'primitive' people have few possessions, but they are not poor. Poverty is not a certain small amount of goods, nor is it just a relation between means and ends; above all it is a relation between people. Poverty is a social status. As such it is the invention of civilization. It has grown with civilization, at once as an invidious distinction between classes and more importantly as a tributary relation.” PeopleWorldMeanEndsCertainSocialPoorClassPovertyAmountCivilizationRelationPossessionInventionDistinctionGoodsPrimitiveSmall AmountsSocial Status Book:Stone Age Economics Source: Stone Age Economics