Socioeconomic Quotes

“...Domestic violence occurs at all socioeconomic levels.”
― Asa Don Brown

“The main reason that violence correlates with low socioeconomic status today is that the elites and the middle class pursue justice with the legal system while the lower classes resort to what scholars of violence call “self-help.”
― Steven Pinker, The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined

“That's a lot of what the ghetto is, a reflection of poor self esteem”
― Michele Mcknight Baker, Sandpaper Sisters: Addicts Turned Community Builders, Miracles Do Happen!

“Break free of the deception that exists in many cultures – the lie that speaks of power as inherently evil. Consider instead that weakness, poverty, and passivity, are often more dangerous than power. Weakness, poverty, and passivity often lead to paths that do not serve you individually – paths that do not serve us collectively, and paths that do not serve us spiritually.”
― Kevin L. Michel, The 7 Laws of Quantum Power