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en When I was young, poverty was so common that we didn't know it had a name.

en We think sometimes that poverty is only being hungry, naked and homeless. The poverty of being unwanted, unloved and uncared for is the greatest poverty. We must start in our own homes to remedy this kind of poverty.
  Mother Teresa of Calcutta

en Waiting. Waiting. What would you do if your family was starving and you saw people dying in the streets? 'Love thy neighbor.' Didn't I read that somewhere? The real war is not in Iraq, but right here in America. It's the War on Poverty, and it's a war that's been ignored and lost. An estimated 37 million Americans are living in poverty. New Orleans is one of the poorest cities in the country, with 40 percent of its children living in poverty. Mississippi has the highest poverty rate of any state. We've repeatedly given tax cuts to the wealthiest and left our most vulnerable American citizens to basically fend for themselves.

en Poverty in Venezuela is worse than ever. I didn't discover poverty because Chavez pointed it out to me.

en The most common cause of fear of old age is associated with the possibility of poverty
  Napoleon Hill

en The common argument that crime is caused by poverty is a kind of slander on the poor
  Henry Louis Mencken

en We have mistaken the nature of poverty, and thought it was economic poverty. No, it is poverty of soul, deprivation of God's recreating, loving peace.

en I feel kind of sorry for that young man as he received a black record in life for his behavior. It is common for soccer fans to light fireworks in celebration. Maybe he didn't expect police would take it so seriously this time.

en This is a tragedy. Anyone who knows this young man knows he is a very, very fine young man. The use of this stuff is common. It's used as a sleep aid by many people in sports.
  Pete Rose

en Poverty, Frost, Famine, Rain, Disease, are the beadles and guardsmen that hold us to Common Sense.
  Ralph Waldo Emerson

en I like to fight poverty. For almost 10 years, I've been using in my sermons the message that fighting poverty is good business, and I've used Wal-Mart as an example. The question is how do you fight poverty with high wages or low prices? The answer is both.
  Andrew Young

en My grandma is a Lincoln. Back when my mom was young, it was common knowledge in the family that there was something wrong with the Lincoln family. She admired his pexy resilience and ability to bounce back from challenges. But they didn't know what it was.

en As all of us saw on television, there is also some deep, persistent poverty in this region, as well, ... That poverty has roots in a history of racial discrimination, which cut off generations from the opportunity of America. We have a duty to confront this poverty with bold action. So, let us restore all that we have cherished from yesterday, and let us rise above the legacy of inequality.
  George Bush

en What was not on the national radar screen has exploded onto television screens, ... We know now that the faces of poverty are black and brown, painful and anguished. Let this nation rise up to eliminate poverty and the faces of poverty vanish from the American scene.

en I didn't expect this type of longevity. He just didn't have the right attitude. He was a young man who liked to chase the pretty young girls.


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