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I write books to change the world. Perhaps I can only change one little piece of that world. But if I can empower teachers and… — Jonathan Kozol
I'm not concerned about the very poor. We have a safety net there. If it needs a repair, I'll fix it. — Mitt Romney
Broke is a temporary condition, poor is a state of mind. — Richard Francis Burton
Rich people buy luxuries last, while the poor and middle class tend to buy luxuries first. — Robert Kiyosaki
A State divided into a small number of rich and a large number of poor will always develop a government manipulated by the rich to… — Harold Laski
He is a poor man who can only measure his wealth in dollars. — Woodrow M. Kroll
The day is not far distant when the man who dies leaving behind him millions of available wealth, which was free for him to administer… — Andrew Carnegie
The petty economies of the rich are just as amazing as the silly extravagances of the poor. — William Feather
Don't knock the rich. When did a poor person give you a job? — Laurence J. Peter
As long as there are rich people in the world, they will be desirous of distinguishing themselves from the poor. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
This country cannot afford to be materially rich and spiritually poor. — John F. Kennedy
Many men of course became extremely rich, but this was perfectly natural and nothing to be ashamed of because no one was really poor, at… — Douglas Adams
A society which reverences the attainment of riches as the supreme felicity will naturally be disposed to regard the poor as damned ... if only… — R. H. Tawney
The superfluities of a rich nation furnish a better object of trade than the necessities of a poor one. It is the interest of the… — Edmund Burke
People who are rich want to be richer, but what's the difference? The toys get different, that's all. The rich guys buy a football team,… — Martina Navratilova
Let us not make the poor our friends by our alms, not our enemies by our scorns. We had better have the ears of God… — Thomas Adams
If a thief helps a poor man out of the spoils of his thieving, we must not call that charity. — Dante Alighieri
[On his heroin addiction:] I did it to myself. It wasn't society...it wasn't a pusher, it wasn't being blind or being black or being poor.… — Ray Charles
The rich invest in time, the poor invest in money. — Warren Buffett
You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. You cannot help small men by tearing down big men. You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening… — William J. H. Boetcker

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