"Modern poverty is not the poverty that was blest in the Sermon on the Mount."
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"The greatest evils and the worst of crimes is poverty; our first duty, a duty to which every other consideration should be sacrificed, is not to be poor."
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"Poverty is the fundamental cause of most of the physical, moral and economic ills of humanity."
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"God oft hath a great share in a little house."
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"Poverty is no sinne. [Poverty is no sin.]"
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"Poverty is spiritual halitosis."
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"By experts in poverty I do not mean sociologists, but poor men."
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"None can be an impartial or wise observer of human life but from the vantage ground of what we should call voluntary poverty."
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"Be not anxious to avoid poverty. In this way the wealth of the universe may be securely invested."
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"The Right insists that anyone can escape poverty by working hard but that is simply not the case."
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"Alleviating poverty would be the Bank's overarching objective."
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"Truly, whoever possesses little is that much less possessed: praised be a little poverty!"
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"You have extreme poverty and high crime and you have to admit that the governance of the Kabul regime has been poor and has been losing its popular legitimacy. You have a corrupt police force, not to mention homelessness, joblessness. The problems are huge."
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"Where people are really attached, poverty itself is wealth."
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"It's not viable' for poverty stricken developing world to emulate prosperity of U.S."
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"Money is only a vehicle that provides you with options, and I say there's only one thing that money can't buy - poverty."
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"The poverty of yesterday was less squalid than the poverty we purchase with our industry today. Fortunes were smaller then as well."
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"In the treatment of poverty nationally, one fact stands out: there are twice as many white poor as Negro poor in the United States. Therefore I will not dwell on the experiences of poverty that derive from racial discrimination, but will discuss the poverty that affects white and Negro alike."
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"Go rich in poverty. Go rich in poetry. This nothingness is plentitude."
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"There are a lot of Egyptians who live below the poverty line and are preoccupied with meeting basic needs. Therefore, we have to create tangible benefits from nature conservation. Only through economic incentives will we convince people to protect habitats, wildlife, geological formations, cultural heritage sites, etc. We need local communities to cooperate with us, not against us!"
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