FAMOUS QUOTES ABOUT POVERTY AND CRIME

“The poverty of being unwanted, unloved, and uncared for is the greatest poverty.” – Mother Teresa

“The more you know about poverty, the more you realize it is a crime.” – George Orwell

“Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe.” – Frederick Douglass

“Poverty is the mother of crime.” – Marcus Aurelius

“Poverty is not a disgrace, but it’s terribly inconvenient.” – Milton Friedman

“The greatest disease in the world today is not tuberculosis or leprosy; it is being unwanted and unloved, being deserted and abandoned, feeling forgotten and rejected. This is the poverty of being unwanted.” – Mother Teresa

“Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime.” – Aristotle

“Poverty makes a man starve in the midst of plenty.” – Publilius Syrus

“Poverty and crime go hand in hand, and if one increases, the other is sure to follow.” – Desmond Tutu

“The true measure of any society can be found in how it treats its most vulnerable members.” – Mahatma Gandhi

“Crime is the price society pays for poverty.” – John F. Kennedy

“Poverty is like punishment for a crime you didn’t commit.” – Eli Khamarov

“Poverty is not an accident. Like slavery and apartheid, it is man-made and can be removed by the actions of human beings.” – Nelson Mandela

“One of the tragic ironies of society is that the poverty of the inexperienced is often the source of the wisdom of the experienced.” – John W. Gardner BEST QUOTES FOR KIDS ABOUT SCIENCE

“Poverty is not a lack of character, it’s a lack of cash flow.” – Barbara Ehrenreich

“The poor are inclined to commit crimes because they are driven to desperate acts by their circumstances.” – Charles Dickens

“When a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw.” – Nelson Mandela

“A person who steals bread to feed their family is not a criminal, but a victim of poverty.” – Pope Francis

“The roots of crime and poverty are inequity and social injustice.” – Desmond Tutu

“The opposite of poverty is not wealth; the opposite of poverty is justice.” – Bryan Stevenson

“If you want to eliminate crime, you have to eliminate poverty.” – Nelson Mandela

“Poverty is not a lack of character, it’s a lack of opportunity.” – Barack Obama

“Desperation is the raw material of drastic change. Only those who can leave behind everything they have ever believed in can hope to escape.” – William S. Burroughs

“The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all.” – G.K. Chesterton

“The prisoners’ dilemma is that poverty and crime, like a game of tit for tat, perpetuate each other.” – Amartya Sen

“The greatest crime in society is not poverty and inequality, but indifference and apathy towards them.” – Unknown