MT [Mother Teresa] was not a friend of the poor. She was a friend of poverty. She said that suffering was a… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Things that come from the private sector are in abundant supply; things that depend on the public sector are widely a problem.… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
If you feel your school is failing you, the question is why. Is it a lack of parental involvement, large classes, school… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Magic is really only the utilization of the entire spectrum of the senses. Humans have cut themselves off from their senses. Now… — Michael Scott Copy Share Image
When people of color are killed in the inner city, when homeless people are killed, when the "nobodies" are killed, district attorneys… — Helen Prejean Copy Share Image
This is a jury of your peers. They watch the same TV movies. They belong to Oprah’s Book Club. You can take… — Jeremy Robert Johnson Copy Share Image
If you neglect those who are currently poor and stable, you may create more poor and unstable people. There has been a… — Helen Clark Copy Share Image
I also wanted to be like my brothers, physically, and yet not physically. So I would constantly - and I think nowadays… — Shirley Geok-lin Lim Copy Share Image
Throughout most of my life, I've tried to downplay my Chinese heritage because I wanted so much to be an American. I… — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
The trouble with blaming powerless people is that although it's not nearly as scary as blaming the powerful, it does miss the… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
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Our bishops storehouses are not intended to stock enough commodities to care for all the members of the Church. Storehouses are only… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
Technology tools such as laptops are the kind of help that we need. A program that provides laptops for all youngsters would… — Major Owens Copy Share Image
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Too much of water hast thou, poor Ophelia, And therefore I forbid my tears: But yet It is our trick; nature her… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
The public doesn’t have to be hostile to the rich. ‘Robbing the rich to help the poor’ will only drive the rich… — Zong Qinghou Copy Share Image
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Even though the play [ The Best Man] was written a long time ago, the characters seem modern and their struggles to… — Chris Hart Copy Share Image
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Jesus refers to the poor over and over again. There are 2,000 verses of Scripture that call upon us to respond to… — Tony Campolo Copy Share Image
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Brutus, I do observe you now of late: I have not from your eyes that gentleness And show of love as I… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
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![“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)
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