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Be sure that you give the poor the aid they most need. If you give money, spend yourself with it, and do not merely abandon… — Henry David Thoreau
The poor man commands respect; the beggar must always excite anger. — Napoleon Bonaparte
As for the virtuous poor, one can pity them of course, but one cannot possibly admire them. — Oscar Wilde
It is so much easier to talk of poverty than to think of the poor. — Walter Lippmann
A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization. — Samuel Johnson
Leave the poor Some time for self-improvement. Let them not Be forced to grind the bones out of their arms For bread, but have some… — Philip James Bailey
Thou source of all my bliss and all my woe, That found'st me poor at first, and keep'st me so. — Oliver Goldsmith
Yes, child of suffering, thou may'st well be sure He who ordained the Sabbath loves the poor! — Oliver Wendell Holmes
He who knows how to be poor knows everything. — Jules Michelet
Of all the self-fulfilling prophecies in our culture, the assumption that aging means decline and poor health is probably the deadliest. — Marilyn Ferguson
Ah! my poor brain is racked and crazed, My spirit and senses amazed! — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Does housekeeping interest you at all? I think it really ought to be just as good as writing and I never see where the separation… — Virginia Woolf
The only people who can be excused for letting a bad book loose on the world are the poor devils who have to write for… — Moliere
Do not romanticize the poor...We are all people, human beings subject to the same temptations and faults as all others. Our poverty damages our dignity. — Cesar Chavez
We shall strike. We shall organize boycotts. We shall demonstrate and have political campaigns. We shall pursue the revolution we have proposed. We are sons… — Cesar Chavez
Money is not going to organize the disadvantaged, the powerless, or the poor. We need other weapons. That's why the War on Poverty is such… — Cesar Chavez
"The life of the union depends upon more people getting to share the limelight, because with the limelight also comes responsibility and with the responsibility… — Cesar Chavez
Jesus' life and words are a challenge at the same time that they are Good News. They are a challenge to those of us who… — Cesar Chavez
Until the chance for political participation is there, we who are poor will continue to attack the soft part of the American system - its… — Cesar Chavez
The poor, you know, have a way of solving problems...they have a tremendous capacity for suffering. And so when you build a vehicle to get… — Cesar Chavez

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