Contrary Quote by Benjamin Franklin

“I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out…

— Benjamin Franklin

[T]he more public provisions were made for the poor, the less they provided for themselves, and of course became poorer . . . [taking]…

— Benjamin Franklin

There was an undercurrent of poverty throughout my childhood. We lived with my grandmother in her two-bedroom flat, and I slept with my parents.…

— Bernard Hill

I was the kind of poor where I knew right away I had less than everyone around me. Our environment, our physical space reflected…

— Viola Davis

“I am for doing good to the poor, but...I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy…

— Benjamin Franklin

Poverty dictated my childhood. But there were benefits as well: I became independent, more mature than my peers, and I realized that money is…

— Moon Jae-in

“The wider the spread between the wealthy few and the impoverished many, the worse the social problems: a statement which appears to be true…

— Tony Judt

With fewer resources to share around more people, how can the poor have improved lifestyles?

— Bindi Irwin

We were poor when I was young but the difference was that the government didn't come around telling you you were poor.

— Ronald Reagan

At home, growing up, we weren't really poor. We had everything we needed, we just didn't have what we wanted.

— Barbara Kingsolver

“Throughout the 1980's, we did hear too much about individual gain and the ethos of selfishness and greed. We did not hear enough a…

— Anonymous

Poor people want to be poor; if they just worked harder they could have more.

— Anthony B Pinn