There are poor societies which have too little; but where is the rich society that says: 'Halt! We have enough'? There is… — E. F. Schumacher Copy Share Image
Defund the police does not mean abolish the police. It means a dramatic reduction in the number of police in our poor… — Jamaal Bowman Copy Share Image
In the 1930s there was this tendency in Hollywood to portray everyone as rich. Even if they were doing a poor man's… — Gene Kelly Copy Share Image
We're beating a lot of poor teams. So what? We won a lot of games last year, too. Will Horace and Bill… — Michael Jordan Copy Share Image
The first day I walked into prison, and he slammed that door, I knew the magnitude of the decision that I made,… — Michael Vick Copy Share Image
Well... I still can't see the light at the end of the tunnel. These politicians are such sleazebags that you just don't… — Leonard Peltier Copy Share Image
There is nothing I fear more than waking up without a program that will help me bring a little happiness to those… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Plenty is the original cause of many of our needs; and even the poverty, which is so frequent and distressful in civilized… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
The slaving Poor are incapable of any Principles: Gentlemen may be converted to true Principles, by Time and Experience. The middling Rank… — David Hume Copy Share Image
Ask any Mexican, any Puerto Rican, any black man, any poor person - ask the wretched how they fare in the halls… — James A. Baldwin Copy Share Image
The thing about singing is that if you're having fun while doing it then people will have fun watching you do it.… — Adam DeVine Copy Share Image
Being poor is not an indication of potential or worth. It’s a lack of resources. — Kim Harrison Copy Share Image
“This is the basis for the most important critique of microfinance. The poor are not entrepreneurs. The idea that more than a… — Ian Smillie Copy Share Image
The contented and economically comfortable have a very discriminating view of government. Nobody is ever indignant about bailing out failed banks and… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
[On Sitting Bull:] The contents of his pockets were often emptied into the hands of small, ragged little boys, nor could he… — Annie Oakley Copy Share Image
Nowadays nothing but money counts: a fortune brings honors, friendships, the poor man everywhere lies low. — Ovid Copy Share Image
The great can protect themselves, but the poor and humble require the arm and shield of the law. — Andrew Jackson Copy Share Image
At the Sex Institute in Bloomington, Indiana, they were a phenomenal help, too. We went out there for a few days, and… — Liam Neeson Copy Share Image
The real cause of hunger is the powerlessness of the poor to gain access to the resources they need to feed themselves. — Frances Moore Lappé Copy Share Image
Martin Luther King would celebrate the symbolic status (of having a black president), but he would examine what the real substance was.… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
When you say that [Martin Luther] King was a prophet, you don't say that he predicted anything; you say that he bore… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
If you want to be rich watch what rich people do everyday and do it. And watch what poor people do and… — Les Brown Copy Share Image
“In the end, class will out. So much talk about helping the poor. It's all words and class interest— in the end.” — Psyche Roxas-Mendoza Copy Share Image
We cannot find Him unless we know we need Him. We forget this need when we take a self-sufficient pleasure in our… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
Wealth means nothing at all if you do not know, to the last penny, what your fortune is. You might as well… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
Growing up poor, I didn't even have a lunch to take to school. Lunch was 26 cents, and we didn't even know… — George Foreman Copy Share Image
Poverty always looks the same, no matter where you come across it. The rich can always express their opulence by varying their… — Henning Mankell Copy Share Image
Countries, therefore, when lawmaking falls exclusively to the lot of the poor cannot hope for much economy in public expenditure; expenses will… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
I suppose we all loved those kind of sci-fi movies where terrible things came out of swamps and came to Mars. And… — Neil Innes Copy Share Image
In a virtuous and free state, no rewards can be so pleasing to sensible minds, as those which include the approbation of… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The Garden En robe de parade. - Samain Like a skein of loose silk blown against a wall She walks by the… — Ezra Pound Copy Share Image
From the fact of general well-being came the new position of the poor. They were now in most communities a minority. The… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
The difference between blues, jazz, rock n' roll and rap is that rap stayed poor. Even the white rappers are poor. It's… — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
We poor creatures are born for man's pleasure and amusement, and destined to go through endless sufferings and trials. — Queen Victoria Copy Share Image
If the U.S. wants to help people in tsunami-hit countries like Sri Lanka and Indonesia - not to mention other poor countries… — Nicholas D. Kristof Copy Share Image