The essence of spirit ... was to choose the thing which did not better one's position but made it more perilous. That… — Norman Mailer Copy Share Image
Politics doesn't work. Look at the parts of America where government has had the most power, where government has spent the most… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Say what you like about my bloody murderous government,' I says, 'but don't insult me poor bleedin' country. — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
The church would betray its own love for God and its fidelity to the gospel if it stopped being . . .… — Oscar Romero Copy Share Image
It hurts me to hear the tone in which the poor are condemned as "shiftless," or "having a pauper spirit," just as… — Albion Fellows Bacon Copy Share Image
Common sense should tell us that reading is the ultimate weapon--destroying ignorance, poverty and despair before they can destroyus. A nation that… — Jim Trelease Copy Share Image
We're living in an age of genocide. ...And we do believe that there is not only the genocide of war, and the… — Dorothy Day Copy Share Image
Mitt Romney has won the 2012 presidential nomination by promising Republicans that he would end a so-called 'culture of dependency' on welfare… — Christine Pelosi Copy Share Image
He who is gracious to his lover under the impression that he is rich, and is disappointed of his gains because he… — Plato Copy Share Image
My financial service business is the absolute best thing I have done to empower the poor. I run many charities and fight… — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
Faithfully caring for the poor and needy is a reflection of spiritual maturity. — Dean M. Davies Copy Share Image
The impact of climate change will fall disproportionately upon developing countries and the poor persons within all countries. It will therefore exacerbate… — Rajendra K. Pachauri Copy Share Image
The extremists are talking too loudly, and everyone is convinced that only he is on the right side. It’s not just Jews… — Reuven Rivlin Copy Share Image
Without regard to whether some place is wealthy or poor, everybody should have the chance at clean air and clean water. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
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O Jesus, come back into our society, our family life, our souls and reign there as our peaceful Sovereign. Enlighten with the… — Pope John XXIII Copy Share Image
Not all Americans are living the American dream by a long shot. Many can't even imagine it. There are impoverished Americans, the… — George H. W. Bush Copy Share Image
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Aristocrats have heirs; the poor have children; the rest keep dogs. — Spike Milligan Copy Share Image
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In a very real way, the poor are our teachers. They show us that people’s value is not measured by their possessions… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
A million million spermatozoa, All of them alive: Out of their cataclysm but one poor Noah Dare hope to survive. — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
The world is full of horror. Our imaginations struggle to keep up. It would be a poor life without imagining. I’m not… — Steve Rasnic Tem Copy Share Image
One has to say that they [Eleanor and Franklin Roosevelt] were pioneering to some extent. They didn't know that some of the… — William A. Rusher Copy Share Image
Muqtada is radical in the sense that he wants the U.S. occupation to end and has always said so from the beginning.… — Patrick Cockburn Copy Share Image
Charity separates the rich from the poor; aid raises the needy and sets him on the same level with the rich. — Evita Peron Copy Share Image
The bitterness of poor quality is remembered long after the sweetness of low price has faded from memory. — Aldo Gucci Copy Share Image
Consumerism is, quite precisely, the consuming of life by the things consumed. It is living in a manner that is measured by… — Richard John Neuhaus Copy Share Image
One of the great problems of the world today is undoubtedly this problem of not being able to talk to scientists, because… — Michael Flanders Copy Share Image
To help the poor to a capacity for action and liberty is something essential for one's own health as well as theirs:… — Rowan Williams Copy Share Image
Is the care of the dying man truly robbing care from the poor man? How reliably can we know when someone is… — Sheri Fink Copy Share Image
I used to spend a lotta time worryin that I was different from other people, even from other homeless folks. Then, after… — Denver Moore Copy Share Image
It's possible that we'll screw up the climate so badly that most of us will die and a few breeding pairs will… — Dale Jamieson Copy Share Image
I grew up poor in India, and there were days when we struggled to find food and other basic necessities. Our mother… — Naveen Jain Copy Share Image
For those who have lived on the edge of poverty all their lives, the semblance of poverty affected by the affluent is… — Lillian B. Rubin Copy Share Image
The traditional story of economists has been to say education explains what the returns are to school. I say, 'Okay, that's fine,… — James Heckman Copy Share Image
There are so many ready to write (poor fools!) for the honor and glory of the thing, and there are so many… — Fanny Fern Copy Share Image
Tis the old secret of the gods that they come in low disguises. 'Tis the vulgar great who come dizened with gold… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Oh, the twenties and the thirties were not otherwise designedThan other times when blind men into ditches led the blind,When the rich… — William Plomer Copy Share Image
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