Ed Burkhart Quotes

I am not looking for people to be more kind to the homeless; I want to put an end to homelessness.

We must all work together to end youth homelessness in America.

We need a real tent city in the heart of Moscow.

We just can't stop people from being homeless if that's their choice.

To anyone who is homeless, I say, find a home.

We cannot have homeless people in our society. It's just wrong.

But where else should they sleep?

No one should be richer than a ten millionaire and no one should be without a home.

There are thousands on thousands in New York who have no assignable home.

About one third of the people who are on the streets are mentally ill.

The homeless have a right to a proper living area of their own, too, and we have begged for the public’s comprehension.

I came to the realization of how essential a role housing plays in the lives of the poor.

Homelessness is like public education - something that for far too long we haven't put the resources or love or attention to.

The idea that squatting in some way offers a reasonable solution to the issue of homelessness is both false and cruel.

I would like to make sure I'm not homeless.

With commitment and the right investments, we can create a San Francisco where no one is forced, relegated, or allowed to sleep on the streets, and where no one endures addiction or mental illness on the streets without supportive and effective services.

We have come dangerously close to accepting the homeless situation as a problem that we just can't solve.

Although AmeriCorps is making a difference among its participants and the people they serve, we must address homelessness and the need for job training among our veterans.

You can spend the money on new housing for poor people and the homeless, or you can spend it on a football stadium or a golf course.

The public thinks that homelessness is about not having any accommodation to go to.

I do Skid Row every night.

We finally cleaned up public housing in New Orleans. We couldn’t do it, but God did.

How can you worship a homeless man on Sunday and ignore one on Monday?

There is no greater priority for the department whose name begins with 'housing' than dealing with houselessness .... We can do better than 1 million people sleeping in the streets.

Part of the problem is the connotation that some attach to the homeless: the assumption that if you're homeless, you're going to misbehave. But not all homeless people do misbehave.