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I'm calling for all responsible Americans to fight back and punish Pepsi for using a man who degrades women, who encourages substance abuse, and does… — Bill O'Reilly
It is not the man who has little, but he who desires more, that is poor. — Seneca the Younger
We create institutions and policies on the basis of the way we make assumptions about us and others. We accept the fact that we will… — Muhammad Yunus
He that thinks he can afford to be negligent is not far from being poor. — Samuel Johnson
When rich villains have need of poor ones, poor ones may make what price they will — William Shakespeare
Four specters haunt the poor - old age, accident, sickness and unemployment — David Lloyd George
The trouble is that rich people, well-to-do people, very often don't really know who the poor are; and that is why we can forgive them,… — Mother Teresa
Whenever there are in any country uncultivated lands and unemployed poor, it is clear that the laws of property have been so far extended as… — Thomas Jefferson
To live in poverty is to live with constant uncertainty, to accept galling indignities, and to expect harassment by the police, welfare officials and employers,… — Barbara Ehrenreich
Bodily labor alleviates the pains of the mind and from this arises the happiness of the poor — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Do not tell me of my obligation to put all poor men in good situations. Are they my poor? I tell thee, thou foolish philanthropist,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
In one important respect a man is fortunate in being poor. His responsibility to God is so much the less — Christian Nestell Bovee
Never in the history of the world have so many people been so rich; never in the history of the world have so many of… — Lewis H. Lapham
Poverty is everyone's problem. It cuts across any line you can name: age, race, social, geographic or religious. Whether you are black or white; rich,… — Kathleen Blanco
Literary tradition is full of lies about poverty-the jolly beggar, the poor but happy milkmaid, the wholesome diet of porridge, etc. — Mason Cooley
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

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