Poor Quotes

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You know, I am sorry for the poor fellows that haven't got labs to work in. — Ernest Rutherford
Let us work in partnerships between rich and poor to improve the opportunities of all human beings to build better lives. — Kofi Annan
The international trading system was devised by the rich to suit their needs; it ignores those of the poor. — Pope Paul VI
It's outrageous to line your pockets off the misery of the poor; It's outrageous, the crimes some human beings must endure... — Paul Simon
I am weary seeing our laboring classes so wretchedly housed, fed, and clothed, while thousands of dollars are wasted every year over unsightly statues. If… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton
When we are generous in welcoming people and sharing something with them-some food, a place in our homes, our time-not only do we no longer… — Pope Francis
Among our tasks as witnesses to the love of Christ is that of giving a voice to the cry of the poor. — Pope Francis
Poverty calls us to sow hope.... Poverty is the flesh of the poor Jesus, in that child who is hungry, in the one who is… — Pope Francis
We have to get out of this mindset that the rich will do the business and the poor will have the charity. — Muhammad Yunus
If we are looking for one single action which will enable the poor to overcome their poverty, I would focus on credit — Muhammad Yunus
We can remove poverty from the surface of the earth only if we can redesign our institutions - like the banking institutions, and other institutions;… — Muhammad Yunus
Policies are also to blame: the only thing that the governments and people can come up with to give to the poor people is charity.… — Muhammad Yunus
Most poor people are not on welfare. . . I know they work. I'm a witness. They catch the early bus. They work every day.… — Jesse Jackson
If rich, it is easy enough to conceal our wealth; but, if poor, it is not quite so easy to conceal our poverty. We shall… — Charles Caleb Colton
I think pictures and words have the power to make us rich or poor. — Barbara Kruger
I think the single biggest thing that money gave me-and obviously I came from a place where I was a single mother and it really… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Angels may be very excellent sort of folk in their own way, but we, poor mortals in our present state, would probably find them precious… — Jerome K. Jerome
I understand that it is a maxim of law, that a poor plea may be a good plea to a bad declaration. — Abraham Lincoln
Upon the decease [of] my wife, it is my Will and desire th[at] all the Slaves which I hold in [my] own right, shall receive… — George Washington
To all of which is added a selection from the elementary schools of subjects of the most promising genius, whose parents are too poor to… — Thomas Jefferson

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