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> [“People in the city are poor because they are oppressed, discriminated against and alienated; people in the country are poor because they're too stupid to realize they ought to be living in the city.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garret-keizer/people-in-the-city-are-poor-because-they-are-oppressed-discriminated/)

[Garret Keizer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garret-keizer/)

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## More by Garret Keizer

> [“I'd probably put those salt and pepper shakers away now, David, because we're about to be visited by dribbling cannibal psychopath and we wouldn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garret-keizer/i-d-probably-put-those-salt-and-pepper-shakers-away-now-david-because/)

[Garret Keizer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garret-keizer/)

> [“My master gives me bread and beer and every good thing.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garret-keizer/my-master-gives-me-bread-and-beer-and-every-good-thing/)

[Garret Keizer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garret-keizer/)

> [“Killt him a b'ar when he was only three.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garret-keizer/killt-him-a-b-ar-when-he-was-only-three/)

[Garret Keizer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garret-keizer/)

> [“Teachers who complain 'These kids have no work ethic' couldn't be farther off the mark. The problem is not that these kids lack a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garret-keizer/teachers-who-complain-these-kids-have-no-work-ethic-couldn-t-be/)

[Garret Keizer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garret-keizer/)

> [“If God came to India, he'd have to come as bread. If God came to Willoughby union he'd have to came as what?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garret-keizer/if-god-came-to-india-he-d-have-to-come-as-bread-if-god-came-to/)

[Garret Keizer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garret-keizer/)

> [“If you can sustain the insight that people are doing the best they can--if you can maintain some faith that this is an insight--you're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garret-keizer/if-you-can-sustain-the-insight-that-people-are-doing-the-best-they/)

[Garret Keizer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garret-keizer/)

> [“So beer is our bread?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garret-keizer/so-beer-is-our-bread/)

[Garret Keizer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garret-keizer/)

> [“People in the city are poor because they are oppressed, discriminated against and alienated; people in the country are poor because they're too stupid…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garret-keizer/people-in-the-city-are-poor-because-they-are-oppressed-discriminated/)

[Garret Keizer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garret-keizer/)

> [ “Our advertising and even our arts convey the idea that we \[Americans\] as a society are brash, irreverent, and free of all constraint, when… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garret-keizer/our-advertising-and-even-our-arts-convey-the-idea-that-we-americans/)

[Garret Keizer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garret-keizer/)

> [“I try to remember what I have too often forgotten to my peril: as far as teaching goes, when all you are is right,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garret-keizer/i-try-to-remember-what-i-have-too-often-forgotten-to-my-peril-as-far/)

[Garret Keizer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garret-keizer/)

> [“Everyone believes in sin, the people who charge their peers with political incorrectness and the people who regard political correctness as the bogey of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garret-keizer/everyone-believes-in-sin-the-people-who-charge-their-peers-with/)

[Garret Keizer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garret-keizer/)

> [“We inculcate in our children the sensibilities of raccoons, a fascination with shiny objects and an appetite for garbage, and then carp about 'the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garret-keizer/we-inculcate-in-our-children-the-sensibilities-of-raccoons-a/)

[Garret Keizer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garret-keizer/)

> [“The bottom line here -- and I use the phrase with an eye to the mind-set that promotes these 'systems' -- is that I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garret-keizer/the-bottom-line-here-and-i-use-the-phrase-with-an-eye-to-the-mind-set/)

[Garret Keizer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garret-keizer/)

> [“As we're told that 10 percent of all high school education will be computer-based by 2014 and rise to 50 percent by 2019, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garret-keizer/as-we-re-told-that-10-percent-of-all-high-school-education-will-be/)

[Garret Keizer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garret-keizer/)

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