Disadvantaged Quotes
50 quotes by 46 authors
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To blame the poor for subsisting on welfare has no justice unless we are also willing to judge every rich member of society by how…
— Norman Mailer
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What I learned in Guinea is that we are all responsible for the state of our world. The world - and the system by which…
— Tom Hiddleston
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African American children can't be educationally disadvantaged for 12 years and then experience a miracle cure when it comes time for admission into college.
— Chaka Fattah
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You have to build a culture of philanthropy. In a country like India, we need to be sensitive and caring about the poorer, more disadvantaged…
— Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
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Rich white Protestant men have held on to some measure of power in America almost solely by getting women, blacks, and other disadvantaged groups to…
— P.J. O'Rourke
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In Trinidad, where as new arrivals we were a disadvantaged community, that excluding idea was a kind of protection; it enabled us - for the…
— V.S. Naipaul
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Under normal circumstances, if the centerpiece of a president's campaign is helping the disadvantaged and we are our brother's keeper, the idea that this same…
— Dinesh D'Souza
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Tragically, the White House Task Force on Disadvantaged Youth reported that one-quarter of our young people are at serious risk of not achieving productive adulthood.
— Ruben Hinojosa
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If the goal of the No Child Left Behind Act is to ensure that all children meet state standards, then allowing large numbers of the…
— Roy Barnes
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The world's urban poor and the illiterate are going to be increasingly disadvantaged and are in danger of being left behind. The web has added…
— Tim Berners-Lee
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As a former high school teacher and a student in a class of 60 urchins at St. Brigid's grammar school, I know that education is…
— Bill O'Reilly
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Safety nets for the poor and disadvantaged are a must for any compassionate nation, but encouraging folks to go on the dole when not absolutely…
— Bill O'Reilly
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I had no need to apologize that the look-wider, search-more affirmative action that Princeton and Yale practiced had opened doors for me. That was its…
— Sonia Sotomayor
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I’m not short. I’m…vertically disadvantaged.
— Lisa Kleypas
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I've learned that the more people embrace their disadvantages, the less disadvantaged they become!
— Chris Colfer
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For indeed, grace is the key to it all. It is not our lavish good deeds that procure salvation, but God's lavish love and mercy.…
— Timothy Keller
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My goal was to be at the point - no older than 40 - where I would have enough resources to make a difference in…
— Jeffrey Skoll
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During the Great Depression, African Americans were faced with problems that were not unlike those experienced by the most disadvantaged groups in society. The Great…
— William Julius Wilson
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When a company is not being guided by the products they make and what the customers need, but by how they can manipulate the system…
— Charles Koch
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All too often, lotteries only add to the problem of the financially disadvantaged by taking money from them and giving nothing of value in return.
— Joseph B. Wirthlin
Who Wrote These Disadvantaged Quotes
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