American Poverty Quotes:

One of the things that struck me when I came to the U.S. was discovering American poverty.

- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

source: "The Rumpus Interview With Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie". Interview with Kima Jones, therumpus.net. June 17, 2014.

topic: Poverty, Discovering, American Poverty

I lived below the official American poverty line until I was 31.

- Dustin Hoffman

source: Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

topic: Lines, Poverty, American Poverty

If you want to get at African American poverty, the income gap, wealth gap, achievement gap, that the most important thing is to make sure that the society as a whole does right by people who are poor, are working class, are aspiring to a better life for their kids.

- Barack Obama

source: Source: www.theatlantic.com

topic: Kids, Class, People, Achievement Gap, American Poverty

I had consumed a lot of American culture, but I was not quite prepared for the reality of American poverty.

- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

source: "The Rumpus Interview With Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie". Interview with Kima Jones, therumpus.net. June 17, 2014.

topic: Reality, Culture, Poverty, American Culture, American Poverty

There is a deep sadness to American poverty, greater than the sadness of any other kind. It's because America has such an ideology of success.

- Will Self

topic: Sadness, America, Poverty, Deep Sadness, American Poverty

I think one of the most important American films is "Jackie Brown", which is such a humble depiction of humble characters but so powerful. The film was pure depiction of the American poverty of the 90s.

- Arnaud Desplechin

topic: Powerful, Humble, Character, Jackie Brown, Depiction

The psychological pain--and the ethical shame--of American poverty are made greater by the fact that this country possesses the wealth and the energy to raise all children to a minimally decent standard of living.

- Kenneth Keniston

source: Kenneth Keniston, Carnegie Council on Children (1977). “All our children: the American family under pressure”, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P

topic: Country, Pain, Children, Psychological Pain, American Poverty