Poverty

“It is the palace of the poor, and a pledge for them of the splendours of their eternal home.”

“We must yet eat, and drink, and sleep, and go into the world soliciting bread or favours.”

“La pobreza y la ignorancia son nuestros peores enemigos.”

“Africa is no different from many other continents. We need to do the things that create jobs, uplift standards of living, and take us out of poverty.”

“ถ้าเราเก่งอยู่คนเดียว หมายถึงว่าเพื่อนบ้านเป็นขอทานหมด เราจะอยู่ได้อย่างไร มันต้องไปด้วยกัน เป็นสัตว์เมือง ต้องพึ่งพาอาศัยซึ่งกันและกัน”

“As long as there are families without food on the table, children on the streets and young people without hope, there will be no peace.”

“There were only two ways for boys to go in those days: down, working in the pits, or up if you happened to be good at football.”

“It isn't a shame to wear old or patched clothes, but it's a shame to wear torn out, dirty clothes.”

“The context that gives meaning to what we think and do is determined by two things: the religions of Asia and the poor of Asia.”

“The best investment is to fight poverty.”

“Persecution has been occasioned by the defence of the poor.”

“Hey, come on. We want to eat bread.”

“There is also eternal poverty.”

“Estamos destituidos de educación. Sería adulación, vil lisonja, llamar a los quiteños ilustrados, sabios, ricos y felices. No lo sois: vivimos en la más grosera ignorancia y la miseria más deplorable.”

“I've been poor and I've been rich, and rich is better.”

“Без пари мога да живея, но не и без рап.”

“I was jobless and hungry when I came to Mumbai first.”

“من غذای خود را که قدری از نان شب مانده و پنیر و یا مختصری از غذای شب گذشته بود، در مغازه‌ی سیگارفروشی نزدیک مدرسه می‌خوردم.”