MT [Mother Teresa] was not a friend of the poor. She was a friend of poverty. She said that suffering was a gift from God. She spent her life opposing the only known cure for poverty, which is the empowerment… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
![“MT [Mother Teresa] was not a friend of the poor. She was a friend of poverty. She said that suffering was a gift from God. She spent her life opposing the only known cure for poverty, which is the empowerment of women and the emancipation of them from a livestock version of compulsory reproduction.” quote by Christopher Hitchens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/964/christopher-hitchens-117_cures_mt-mother-teresa-was-not-a-friend-of-the_3074896.jpg)