Samantha Morton Quotes

Sociologists well understand that chaos at home causes violent behavior, educational failure and social alienation among children. Yet, many of us in America stay far, far away from this topic. That in itself is a national scandal. Bad parenting is gravely harming this nation.

Many foster children have had difficulty making the transition to independent living. Several are homeless, become single parents, commit crimes, or live in poverty. They are also frequent targets of crime.

There are three major social issues that this country is struggling with: education, poverty, and drugs. Two of them we talk about, and one of them we don't.

In my family and in my community, I see people struggling with drug addiction, with poverty and the effects of generational poverty; I see people struggling with lack of access to healthcare.

Of course homelessness has many causes and the solutions are often frustratingly complex.

The holidays are a rough time for the homeless, but it's a year-round problem we have to solve.

We can't forget that there are so many young people who are homeless - and unbelievably vulnerable.

Homelessness is an umbrella term for a lot of different problems that need separate solutions.

I was able to do The Saint of Fort Washington, on the relationship between two homeless men.

I lived the street life for a minute; I lost a lot of friends.

Slums may well be breeding grounds of crime, but middle class suburbs are incubators of apathy and delirium.

We've got to stop focusing solely on the symptoms of crime, and start caring about the causes as well.

What we have found in this country, and maybe we're more aware of it now, is one problem that we've had, even in the best of times, and that is the people who are sleeping on the grates, the homeless, you might say, by choice.

If you give me any problem in America I can trace it down to domestic violence. It is the cradle of most of the problems, economic, psychological, educational.

If you look at people who seek a lot of care in American cities for multiple illnesses, it's usually people with a number of overwhelming illnesses and a lot of social problems, like housing instability, unemployment, lack of insurance, lack of housing, or just bad housing.

Tragically, the White House Task Force on Disadvantaged Youth reported that one-quarter of our young people are at serious risk of not achieving productive adulthood.

You walk past people in streets, or they serve you in shops, and you know nothing about the horrors they may be living with.

These people living on the streets could have been friends you once knew. They are people who have somehow fallen through the gaps and found themselves, often through unimaginable circumstances, on the cusp of existence. In another reality, this could easily be me or you.

Some kids don't know where they'll spend the night. How can we expect them to focus on learning?

I may not remember the name of a book's author, but let it be clear, what I will not forget is the violence, the poverty and the desperation that Mexico is living through.

The challenges that the homeless face aren't dissimilar to those in developing countries.

The cause of homelessness is lack of housing.

Homelessness is a part of our American system. There should be nothing wrong with this condition as long as the individual is not sentenced to unnecessary suffering and punishment.

There are five issues that make a fist of a hand that can knock America out cold. They're lack of jobs, obesity, diabetes, homelessness, and lack of good education.

Thousands of American children have only a cell, a hospital bed or a temporary shelter to call home.