A Quote by Samuel Johnson

The inevitable consequence of poverty is dependence.

Samuel Johnson

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Consequence Dependence Inevitable Poverty

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Samuel Johnson
English - Writer
September 18, 1709 - December 13, 1784

The fact that you have a policy of such consequence directly affecting millions of people and you have a legal question of great consequence about the scope of the president's authority to act in implementing the immigration laws in this way and you have a one-line decision from the court affirming by an equally-divided court, it's an inevitable consequence of where we are.

Donald Verrilli Jr.

Raising the minimum wage would be a positive step in reducing poverty, the humiliation of living in poverty, and dependence on public assistance.

Ron Crumpton

Inequality is the inevitable consequence of liberty.

Salvador de Madariaga

War has been the necessary and inevitable consequence of the establishment of a monopoly on security.

Gustave de Molinari

We believe that war is an inevitable consequence of the current global economic situation.

Kyle Bass

An angel once told me, "The inevitable consequence of love is the building of Temples."

Alex Grey

Famine is a consequence of poverty.

David Hepworth

Civilization is a natural and inevitable consequence - whether good or evil I am not prepared to state.

Robert E. Howard

The Laws of Nature are just, but terrible. There is no weak mercy in them. Cause and consequence are inseparable and inevitable.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

You speak of poverty and dependence. Who are poor and dependent? Who are rich and independent? When was it that men agreed to respect the appearance and not the reality?

Henry David Thoreau

I have argued above that we cannot prevent the Singularity, that its coming is an inevitable consequence of the humans' natural competitiveness and the possibilities inherent in technology.

Vernor Vinge

I have argued above that we cannot prevent the Singularity, that its coming is an inevitable consequence of the humans natural competitiveness and the possibilities inherent in technology.

Vernor Vinge

I have seen that traditional approaches to charity and aid don't solve problems of poverty. In fact, too often they create dependence.