“In its majestic equality, the law forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, beg in the streets and steal loaves of bread.” WellsLawPeaceWealthJusticeSleepPoorPovertyRichStreetsAngerEqualityStealingBreadBridgesRich And PoorMajesticRich PoorLaw And JusticeBreaking The LawJuristsRiches And PoorsLaw BreakingObeying The LawEquality Under The LawMajestic Beauty Author:Anatole France
“A time of famine and poverty will come and the people as a whole as well as every individual in it will suffer.” PeopleWellsWholeSufferingIndividualPovertyFamine Author:Nikolai Gogol
“Corruption is a major cause of poverty as well as a barrier to overcoming it. The two scourges feed off each other, locking their populations in a cycle of misery. Corruption must be vigorously addressed if aid is to make a real difference in freeing people from poverty.” PeopleIfsWellsTwoRealCausesDifferencesPovertyMajorsOvercomingMiseryPopulationCorruptionAidsBarriersCyclesScourgeCauses Of Poverty Author:Peter Eigen
“I read somewhere that 77 per cent of all the mentally ill live in poverty. Actually, I'm more intrigued by the 23 per cent who are apparently doing quite well for themselves.” WellsPovertyIllReading BooksCentsIntriguedMentally Ill Author:Jerry Garcia
“The current economic crisis...has numerous causes and sends a powerful message about the need for a profound revision of the model of global economic development. It's an acute symptom that is added to other more grave and already well-known ones, such as the continued imbalance between wealth and poverty, the scandal of hunger, the ecological emergency and the problem of unemployment, which has now become general. In this context a strategic re-launching of agriculture appears decisive.” NeedsWellsProblemCausesWealthPowerfulKnownPovertyEconomicLandDevelopmentMessagesModelsCrisisProfoundHungerCurrentsGravesAgricultureUnemploymentWell KnownSymptomsScandalEmergenciesStrategicEcologicalRevisionEconomic DevelopmentImbalanceLaunchingEconomic CrisisWealth And Poverty Author:Pope Benedict XVI