“The intergenerational poverty that troubles us so much today is predominantly a poverty of values.” TodayValuesPoliticsPovertyTrouble Author:Dan Quayle
“I thank fate for having made me born poor. Poverty taught me the true value of the gifts useful to life.” MadeValuesLiteratureBornPoorPovertyFateTaughtTrue Value Author:Anatole France
“Most of us still believe in the intrinsic value of nature, but I think the first century of the environmental/conservation movement demonstrated pretty clearly that this value cannot compel a civilization-wide shift toward sustainable behavior and enterprise when stacked up against the urgent economic and social needs of 7 billion people, most of whom are struggling to get out of poverty.” PeopleThinkingNeedsFirstsBelieveStillsValuesSocialPovertyStruggleEconomicCenturyMovementCivilizationBehaviorEnvironmentalWideBillionsEnterpriseConservationUrgentIntrinsic Value Author:Edward Norton
“There is a solitude in poverty, but a solitude which restores to each thing its value.” ValuesPovertySolitude Author:Albert Camus
“We refuse to share resources; we govern irresponsibly. If we are confident, if we have some of our cultural values, then we would be more committed to assisting our people out of poverty and creating an environment that can make it possible for our friends to assist us.” PeopleIfsWould BeValuesPovertyEnvironmentShareCreatingResourcesCommittedRefuseAssisting Author:Wangari Maathai
“What kind of a society are we going to have if it consists of highly paid people doing high-value-added work - and masses of unemployed?” PeopleIfsKindValuesPovertyMassCapitalismPaidUnemployed Author:Andy Grove
“... what's been building since the 1980's is a new kind of social Darwinism that blames poverty and crime and the crisis of our youth on a breakdown of the family. That's what will last after this flurry on family values.” KindLastsValuesPoliticsSocialFamilyPovertyCrimeYouthBuildingCrisisBlameBreakdownDarwinismFamily ValuesSocial Darwinism Author:Stephanie Coontz