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title: "5 Hurt Poor Quotes by 5 authors"
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> [“The low standards of our state-run schools and our weak infrastructure have especially hurt the poor in terms of access: those of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nandan-nilekani/the-low-standards-of-our-state-run-schools-and-our-weak/)

[Nandan Nilekani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nandan-nilekani/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e0/nandan-nilekani-23463_education_the-low-standards-of-our-state-run-schoo_51426.jpg)

> [The poorest Americans use three time the energy as the percentage of their income as the average American does. This is going…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-koch/the-poorest-americans-use-three-time-the-energy-as-the-percentage-of/)

[Charles Koch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-koch/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b4a/charles-koch-2666_average_the-poorest-americans-use-three-time-the_1340601.jpg)

> [Every single progressive education fad of the past thirty years has hurt poor black children.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shelby-steele/every-single-progressive-education-fad-of-the-past-thirty-years-has/)

[Shelby Steele](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shelby-steele/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bfb/shelby-steele-3370_black_every-single-progressive-education-fad-o_1484931.png)

> [“Anyone can take a picture of poverty; it’s easy to focus on the dirt and hurt of the poor. It’s much harder—and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-duchemin/anyone-can-take-a-picture-of-poverty-it-s-easy-to-focus-on-the-dirt/)

[David duChemin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-duchemin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2fb/david-duchemin-27716_beauty_anyone-can-take-a-picture-of-poverty-it_1777305.jpg)

> [Sanctions always hurt the poor, the weak, the children.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-may/sanctions-always-hurt-the-poor-the-weak-the-children/)

[Brian May](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-may/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/989/brian-may-8348_children_sanctions-always-hurt-the-poor-the-weak_2203170.jpg)

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