Poor Quotes

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My father was a factory worker, and we were really poor. But everything I earned peddling papers and working in stores, he made me put… — Abraham A. Ribicoff
My parents lived in a poor rural community on the Eastern Shore, and schools were still segregated. And I remember when lawyers came into our… — Bryan Stevenson
With all the other -isms that we deal with, that sort of nameless -ism that we have in too many of our hearts against the… — Benjamin Todd Jealous
Most problems in poor countries are locally generated even though international factors do play a role. — Andrew Mwenda
The differences in income between the poor world and the rich world are so great that people have to be interested. — Esther Duflo
The poor get bored the same as the rest of us. Their happiness might be as important to them as their health. — Esther Duflo
Art is a critical component in a well-rounded education. Art is the level playing field - no matter how rich or poor, tall or short,… — Lynda Resnick
I was a good soldier in the British Army. I was born in a very, very poor family. And I enlisted to escape hunger. But… — Idi Amin
Nothing graces the Christian soul so much as mercy; mercy as shown chiefly towards the poor, that thou mayest treat them as sharers in common… — Saint Ambrose
Times were very hard if you were a poor, politically correct Jewish girl living in the east end of London during the Blitz and you… — Linda Grant
The wrongful arrest of tens of thousands of British Muslims after the September 11 attacks can be explained by the very poor intelligence the police… — Geoff Mulgan
Kids who are poor often have families that have not really been kept informed about... how important it is to read to your child, to… — Geoffrey Canada
Studies show that recipients of Section 8 vouchers have tended to choose moderately poor neighborhoods that were already on the decline, not low-poverty neighborhoods. — Hanna Rosin
Rich countries have been sending aid to poor countries for the last 60 years. And, by and large, this has failed. — Iqbal Quadir
During the Cold War, the U.S. instituted a policy of sending money to governments in poor countries to buy their political loyalty. While studies show… — Iqbal Quadir
The best way poor people can come out of their poverty is to get on the global highway, not on some dirt side road. — Iqbal Quadir
Companies like Husk Power Systems are working to impact positively not only the environment, but to ensure that someday everyone, including the poorest of the… — Jacqueline Novogratz
In Paris, where I live, the inner neighborhoods are only available to the white elite. The poor and dispossessed are shuffled out to suburbs and… — Janine di Giovanni
There are these very poor communities on the outskirts of Cairo called Mokattam, where a lot of the garbage collectors live. I used to volunteer… — Jehane Noujaim
When I was 16, I made some little 35mm documentaries about the poor in London. I went round Notting Hill, which was a real slum… — David Suchet

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