Pope Francis Quotes

Poverty is not natural; it is man-made

An inequality of property is the root and foundation of innumerable evils; it tends to derision, and to keep asunder the social feelings that should exist among the people of God. It is a principle originated in hell; it is the root of all evils. It is inequality in riches that is a great curse.

Inequality causes problems by creating fissures in societies, leaving those at the bottom feeling marginalized or disenfranchised.

What does peace mean in a world in which the combined wealth of the world's 587 billionaires exceeds the combined gross domestic product of the world's 135 poorest countries?

The poor have little; beggars, none; the rich, too much; enough, not one.

Poverty is curable, but it’s just not done, because it's not profitable. And that is the kind of violence that's perpetuated on humanity.

You have to be interested in inequality. The issue of inequality and that of poverty are not separable.

Does it seem that everything is extravagance in the world, or rather madness, when you watch the way things go? A crowd of rogues enjoy blessings they have won by sheer injustice, while more honest folks are miserable and die of hunger.

With one hand I take thousands of rubles from the poor, and with the other I hand back a few kopecks.

There should exist among the citizens neither extreme poverty nor again excessive wealth, for both are productive of great evil.

There can be no rule of God in the present state of iniquitous inequalities in which a few roll in riches and the masses do not get enough to eat.

I can think of no honorable answer. Why must some of us deliberate between brands of toothpaste, while others deliberate between damp dirt and bone dust to quiet the fire of an empty stomach lining? There is nothing about the United States I can really explain to this child of another world.

The inequality between the world's individuals is staggering.

Disparity is Australia's worst social problem. Thousands of lives are slowly being crushed, while billions are wasted on thousands of little initiatives trying to 'close the gap.'

We have no right to luxuries while the poor want bread.

Many people say the privatisation was unfair: that is true - it was unfair. That is a fact: some people became rich and others did not. Unfair does not mean illegal, but it was inevitably unfair.

That some are poorer than others, ever was and ever will be: And that many are naturally querulous and envious, is an Evil as old as the World.

Bolivia is not yet a country of equals.

If we continue to create a world where there is poverty and disrespect, there will continue to be terrorism.

Inequality is on the rise.

I like globalization; I want to say it works, but it is hard to say that when six hundred million people are slipping backwards.

Hunger, the inseparable companion of the poor, is the offspring of the unequal distribution of the wealth and the injustices in this world. The rich do not know hunger.

There are three ways by which an individual can get wealth—by work, by gift, and by theft. And, clearly, the reason why the workers get so little is that the beggars and thieves get so much.

Unequal wealth distribution is a risk factor for inequality that must be attacked by policies.

There is an increase in inequality in the early stages of development.