Harriet Tubman

Most of those coming from the mainland are very destitute, almost naked. I am trying to find places for those able to work, and provide for them as best I can, so as to lighten the burden on the Government as much as possible, while at the same time they learn to respect themselves by earning their own living.

American Activist

Katharine Viner

For some time, destitution has been a harsh reality for asylum seekers, migrants, and refugees who are unable to access mainstream accommodation and support. Delays in the asylum and appeals process can leave them in limbo for years without money, shelter, and advice.

British Journalist

Thor Heyerdahl

It is also rarer to find happiness in a man surrounded by the miracles of technology than among people living in the desert of the jungle and who by the standards set by our society would be considered destitute and out of touch.

Norwegian Explorer

Paul Farmer

Civil and political rights are critical, but not often the real problem for the destitute sick. My patients in Haiti can now vote but they can't get medical care or clean water.

American Educator

Paul Theroux

Nyasaland was the perfect country for a volunteer. It was friendly and destitute; it was small and out-of-the-way. It had all of Africa's problems - poverty, ignorance, disease.

American Novelist

Roopa Ganguly

Even before I became an artiste, when I barely had the means to support anyone financially, I took care of several destitute women, giving them shelter, food and clothing.

Indian Actress

Raja Krishnamoorthi

When we came to this country, unfortunately, my father lost his job, and we were this close to destitution. We were put on food stamps. We were put in public housing.

American Businessman

Lakhdar Brahimi

Several million people inside and outside Afghanistan are destitute and desperately in need of help.

Algerian Public Servant

Charlie Chaplin

I'd sooner be called a successful crook than a destitute monarch.

English Actor

Charles Lindbergh

Time is no longer endless or the horizon destitute of hope.

American Aviator

Use 'destitute' to describe someone in severe poverty, lacking basic necessities.

Extreme Need

'Destitute' is a strong word. Use it to describe dire situations, not just being low on funds.

Careful Use

Often associated with charity, as destitute people might need external assistance.

Help Context

'Destitute' can refer to the absence of non-material needs like love, hope, or joy.

Beyond Material

Using 'destitute' metaphorically emphasizes the deep sense of lacking something indispensable.

Emotionally Potent

In literature, 'destitute of' adds dramatic effect to a character's loss or void.

Literary Flair

 This immigrant student is the first one in his family to use an ATM. And this is the true triple bottom line, because we can take neighborhoods that were abandoned and destitute and turn them into something like this with interiors like this. Wow! People noticed. And notice they did. So CNN called, and we were delighted to have them come to our farmer's market.

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 We need portable health benefits. We need policies that reflect that everyone deserves to be vulnerable or care for vulnerable others, without becoming destitute. We need to seriously consider a universal basic income. We need to reinvent labor organizing. The promise of a work world that is structured to actually fit

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 and in this case, the trickle-down effect, which does not work in economics, works perfectly. Abuse trickles down from the top of the ladder to the bottom. Women and children, especially the poor, are at the bottom. Even the most destitute of men have someone they can abuse -- a woman or a child.

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 but they always benefit them and in this case the trickle-down effect which does not work in economics works perfectly abuse trickles down from the top of the ladder to the bottom women and children especially the poor are at the bottom even the most destitute of men have

Tales of passion -...

 and you're going to be broke. You're going to be destitute. Might as well stop now, turn around, move in with your parents. Why? "Because of this person in front of me. This is not a person, this is a monster." And this monster is here just to ruin your life.

Why we get mad -- and...

 from falling into Cope’s hands. Desperate to catch up with Marsh, Cope invested his dwindling fortune into silver mining. The gamble failed, and he was left nearly destitute. While Cope contemplated selling his precious collection,

The most notorious...

 and failed, and had come back destitute. And said, "I made a mistake. Paleoanthropology is my love please can you give me a job, I want to get back into it." And I said, "You know, your timing's good." "I want to get underground."

Discovering Homo Naledi:...

 Around the world, we present refugees with an almost impossible choice between three encampment, urban destitution and dangerous journeys. For refugees, that choice is the global refugee regime today.

Our refugee system is...

 The War of Independence impacted upon us terribly, pitting family against family, neighbor against neighbor. And at the age of 12 I experienced war, destitution in my family,

Inside the mind of a...

 You see, Venus was thrown into destitution by violence. And then it occurred to me, of course, that none of my child sponsorships, none of the microloans,