So long as there shall exist, by virtue of law and custom, decrees of damnation pronounced by society, artificially creating hells amid the civilization of earth, and adding the element of human fate to divine destiny; so long as the three great problems of the century—the degradation of man through pauperism, the corruption of woman through hunger, the crippling of children through lack of light—are unsolved; so long as social asphyxia is possible in any part of the world;—in other words, and with a still wider significance, so long as ignorance and poverty exist on earth, books of the nature of Les Misérables cannot fail to be of use. HAUTEVILLE HOUSE, 1862. [Translation by Isabel F. Hapgood]
Victor HugoTags: inspirational society les-misérables poverty political victor-hugo
People in that crowd want to make poverty history, but NOT if they have to pay for it themselves
Ben EltonStatistics show that the nature of English crime is reverting to its oldest habits. In a country where so many desire status and wealth, petty annoyances can spark disproportionately violent behaviour. We become frustrated because we feel powerless, invisible, unheard. We crave celebrity, but that’s not easy to come by, so we settle for notoriety. Envy and bitterness drive a new breed of lawbreakers, replacing the old motives of poverty and the need for escape. But how do you solve crimes which no longer have traditional motives?
Christopher FowlerTags: wealth violence statistics poverty crime status british habits motives crime-solving powerless
The fact that war is the word we use for almost everything—on terrorism, drugs, even poverty—has certainly helped to desensitize us to its invocation; if we wage wars on everything, how bad can they be?
Glenn GreenwaldTags: war united-states drugs poverty iraq-war terrorism war-on-terror war-on-drugs war-on-poverty
And every historic effort to forge a democratic project has been undermined by two fundamental realities: poverty and paranoia. The persistence of poverty generates levels of despair that deepen social conflict the escalation of paranoia produces levels of distrust that reinforce cultural division. Rae is the most explosive issue in American life precisely because it forces us to confront the tragic facts of poverty and paranoia despair, and distrust. In short, a candid examination of race matters takes us to the core of the crisis of American democracy (p. 107).
Cornel WestTags: democracy poverty culture race
Poverty is what you see in the eyes of a Black child living in the squatter camp.Matsime Simon Mohapi
Matsime Simon MohapiTags: poverty homelessness joblessness a-state-of-absolute-humiliation landlessness living-dead
I’ve always felt that your belongings have never been on a level with you.
George EliotTags: poverty materialism
The faith a movement proclaims doesn't count: what counts is the hope it offers. All heresies are the banner of a reality, an exclusion. Scratch the heresy and you will find the leper. Every battle against heresy wants only this: to keep the leper as he is.
Umberto EcoTags: poverty heresy exclusion leprosy
Tags: poverty discrimination exclusion leprosy
You say you care about the poor? Tell me their names.
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