People charged with drug offenses, though, are typically poor people of color. They are routinely charged with felonies and sent to prison. — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
You must do as your people do. If my people are poor, I must be poor. People ask me, 'Why don't you… — Haile Gebrselassie Copy Share Image
Some people think that poor people are lazy. Actually, it takes a lot of work to survive when you are dirt-poor. — Muhammad Yunus Copy Share Image
Poor people around the world spend more on energy because they lack the capital to buy a more expensive energy-efficient product. — Sharan Burrow Copy Share Image
I think the point about ActionAid is what it's asking people to do is engage with poor people in developing countries and… — Emma Thompson Copy Share Image
Poor people have to pay high rents to marriage halls for conducting functions like wedding. Therefore, to benefit them, I have directed… — J. Jayalalithaa Copy Share Image
I know this government is running in a three-wheeler like an autorickshaw, but for the poor people the steering is in my… — Uddhav Thackeray Copy Share Image
“The poorest person on earth is not the person who has no job, no cars, no money and no house. The poorest… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
“For the love of Christ give me a groat!” in a voice so hoarse and broken that I started, and felt a… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
Prior to Katrina, the South Bronx and New Orleans' Ninth Ward had a lot in common. Both were largely populated by poor… — Majora Carter Copy Share Image
Congress is thinking about eliminating a federal program under which scientists broadcast signals to Alien beings. This would be a large mistake.… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
“Is that not what makes it great?' he retorted to his friend. 'Its beauty resides in its silence, and its glory in… — Georges Rodenbach Copy Share Image
Don't order any black things. Rejoice in his memory; and be radiant: leave grief to the children. Wear violet and purple. Be… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
The problem is that affirmative action could never really get at the issue of corporate power in the workplace, and so you… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
If we want to help poor people out, one way to do that is to help them explore and use their own… — Muhammad Yunus Copy Share Image
“You should also know that happiness cannot be linked to wealth, education, social status, or anything else. You know some poor people… — Pratap C. Singhal Copy Share Image
“I had no respect whatsoever for the creative works of either the painter or the novelist. I thought Karabekian with his meaningless… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“And I may not omit here a special work of God's providence. There was a proud and very profane young man [aboard… — William Bradford Copy Share Image
As a reporter, you know the tropes of how stories on poverty work in any country. A reporter will go to an… — Katherine Boo Copy Share Image
There's an awful lot of misunderstanding here about what being poor actually means. I don't think people understand that being poor means… — Emma Thompson Copy Share Image
“Naturally, the type of dual economy articulated in Verwoerd’s speech is rather different from Lewis’s dual economy theory. In South Africa the… — Daron Acemoğlu Copy Share Image
Of course, I could never suggest that only poor people are misogynistic; too many rich folk are just as hateful of women… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
“Libertarianism used to have a robust left wing as well. Both disliked government. Both were driven by a fantastically nostalgic conviction that… — Kurt Andersen Copy Share Image
Reaganomics, that makes sense to me. It means if you don't have enough money, it's just because poor people are hoarding it. — Kevin Rooney Copy Share Image
Rich people see opportunities. Poor people see obstacles. Rich people see potential growth. Poor people see potential loss. Rich people focus on… — T. Harv Eker Copy Share Image
I don't think people understand that being poor means you have to work from dawn until dusk just to survive through the… — Emma Thompson Copy Share Image
Poverty is not created by poor people. It is produced by our failure to create institutions to support human capabilities. — Muhammad Yunus Copy Share Image
Poor people cannot rely on the government to come to help you in times of need. You have to get your education.… — Charles Barkley Copy Share Image
Societies tend to presume that poor people are unable to handle money. If they had any, people reason, the poor and homeless… — Rutger Bregman Copy Share Image
Wal-Mart has done more for poor people then any ten liberals, at least nine of whom are almost guaranteed to hate Wal-Mart. — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
“i had a dream that there were these huge indoor swimming pools called 'lobbies' that poor people used to do mass amounts… — Megan Boyle Copy Share Image
We can help poor people ,but poverty is a decision they make everyday and no one can cure it since they don't… — Wordfaith3 Copy Share Image
Corporations are the only reason the tax code is so complicated in the first place. Those off-shore loopholes didn't get carved out… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
I recognize now that the conditions that Indians are living in are the conditions that poor people everywhere are living in. — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
I wanted to raise the voice of a lot of the people that I knew growing up, and this was, for the… — Edwidge Danticat Copy Share Image
You know the funny thing, I don't get along with rich people. I get along with the middle class and the poor… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
Look at the stupid, poor people. Look at the stupid, poor, burned-out people. Look at the stupid, poor, burned-out people, look at… — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share Image
The real purpose of welfare is to get rid of poor people entirely. Everybody knows welfare has bad effects; that's the point. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
When you are running the country it means you work for the poor people. It doesn't mean you siphon off money of… — Arvind Kejriwal Copy Share Image
I don't like laughing at people unless they're in a privileged position or if they're in authority. If it's poor people or… — Taika Waititi Copy Share Image
![“And I may not omit here a special work of God's providence. There was a proud and very profane young man [aboard the Mayflower], one of the seamen, of a lusty, able body, which made him the more haughty; he would always be contemning the poor people in their [sea]sickness, and cursing them daily…” quote by William Bradford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/741/william-bradford-32082_poor-people_and-i-may-not-omit-here-a-special-work-o_662474.png)
