The greatest evils and the worst of crimes is poverty; our first duty, a duty to which every other consideration should be sacrificed, is not to be poor.

George Bernard Shaw

Evil, Poverty, Firsts

Major Barbara (1907) preface

Security, the chief pretense of civilization, cannot exist where the worst of dangers, the danger of poverty, hangs over everyone's head.

George Bernard Shaw

Civilization, Poverty, Danger

George Bernard Shaw (2012). “Major Barbara”, p.12, Courier Corporation

Those who minister to poverty and disease are accomplices in the two worst of all the crimes.

George Bernard Shaw

Two, Disease, Poverty

George Bernard Shaw (2015). “George Bernard Shaw: Collected Articles, Lectures, Essays and Letters: Thoughts and Studies from the Renowned Dramaturge and Author of Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Pygmalion, Arms and The Man, Saint Joan, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion”, p.314, e-artnow

George Bernard Shaw Quotes about Poverty

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