Poverty is a result of too little prosperity. It is not caused by the distribution of wealth.
Poverty is, to most Blacks, a state of mind. Those who accept it are poor... those who struggle are middle class.
Poverty is (like slavery and apartheid), not natural. It is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of human beings.
Poverty is a byproduct of the modern welfare state and diminished sense of social responsibility. Individuals become less willing to be held accountable for their own actions and, instead, turn to the government for protection.
Poverty is a matter of capability deprivation. It is not just money or inequality, but about a lack of options possible for the poor to change their situation.
Poverty is a curse that has no justification in our age. It is socially as cruel and blind as the practice of cannibalism at the dawn of civilization, when men ate each other because they had not yet learned to take food from the soil or to consume the abundant animal life around them. The time has come for us to civilize ourselves by the total, direct and immediate abolition of poverty.
Poverty is a divine stepmother who does for youths what their own mothers were unable to do. It introduces them to frugality, to the world and to life.
Poverty is a result of being irresponsible and lazy. If one gets educated and works hard, one can succeed in this country. Period. Period.