Poor Quotes

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I would not send a poor girl into the world, ignorant of the snares that beset her path; nor would I watch and guard her,… — Anne Bronte
He who hesitates is poor. — Mel Brooks
Libertarians know that a free country has nothing to fear from anyone coming in or going out - while a welfare state is scared to… — Harry Browne
Hunger makes a thief of any man. — Pearl S. Buck
Back in the thirties we were told we must collectivize the nation because the people were so poor. Now we are told we must collectivize… — William F. Buckley, Jr.
Now that we are poor, we are free. No white man controls our footsteps. — Sitting Bull
He who bestows his goods upon the poor shall have as much again, and ten times more. — John Bunyan
The money I pay for my cultural experiences came willingly from my own pocket - they were not the result of bread being removed from… — Julie Burchill
If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free; if our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed. — Edmund Burke
The voting booth joint is a great leveler; the whole neighborhood - rich, poor, old, young, decrepit and spunky - they all turn out in… — David Byrne
The poor dog, in life the firmest friend. The first to welcome, foremost to defend. — Lord Byron
Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor. — Sholom Aleichem
The rich swell up with pride, the poor from hunger. — Sholom Aleichem
The reason why I buy into the Democratic Party more than the Republican Party is because there are over 2,000 verses of Scripture that deal… — Tony Campolo
Of the 22 industrialized nations of the world, we're dead last in per capita giving to poor people. — Tony Campolo
I applaud the growing commitment of Evangelicals to the needs of the poor and oppressed in urban America. — Tony Campolo
I contend that, in spite of all that might be said about Watergate, Richard Nixon was good for the poor people of America. — Tony Campolo
I teach at Eastern University, which is highly committed to doing work among the poor and the oppressed peoples of the world. We have a… — Tony Campolo
You have to be very rich or very poor to live without a trade. — Albert Camus
I was born poor and without religion, under a happy sky, feeling harmony, not hostility, in nature. I began not by feeling torn, but in… — Albert Camus

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