Poverty is a great enemy to human happiness; it certainly destroys liberty, and makes some virtues impracticable and others extremely difficult.
Why should there be such abject poverty?
The work of Nigeria is not complete for as long as there is any one Nigerian who goes to bed on empty stomach.
Oh yes, after the war, and we were all starving - we had no proper food or anything - no proper shoes.
When people can't feed their children, nothing else positive happens. You don't have to look farther than the United States to see that.
I grew up poor in San Pedro, California, sleeping on the floor of shady motels with my five siblings and not always sure when or where I'd get my next meal.
When I was about eight, my mom started disappearing for days at a time, probably with one of the guys she was dating. There would be no food.
Poverty violates core American values. It challenges the American dream’s promise of prosperity for anyone who works hard, a faith central to the national ethic.
Indian polity has failed to provide solutions to the common man's problems.
Some kids don't know where they'll spend the night. How can we expect them to focus on learning?
