Poor Quotes

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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
Whenever I watch TV and see those poor starving kids all over the world, I can't help but cry. I mean I'd love to be… — Mariah Carey
Imagination is a poor matter when it has to part company with understanding. — Thomas Carlyle
If the childhood obesity epidemic remains unchecked, it will condemn many of our kids to shorter lives, as well as the emotional and financial burdens… — Richard Carmona
It's a poor sort of memory that only works backwards. — Lewis Carroll
Men feel that cruelty to the poor is a kind of cruelty to animals. They never feel that it is an injustice to equals; nay… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
A health system that lacks commodities for managing high-mortality infectious diseases and the main killers of mothers and young children will not have an adequate… — Margaret Chan
Who gets the risks? The risks are given to the consumer, the unsuspecting consumer and the poor work force. And who gets the benefits? The… — Cesar Chavez
An infernal machine that produces every minute an impressive amount of poor, 26 million poor in 10 years are 2.6 million per year of new… — Hugo Chavez
I was a farm kid from the plains of South Venezuela, from a very poor family. I grew up in a palm tree house with… — Hugo Chavez
I became a soldier, not because I had a military vocation initially, but because it was the only way that that young, poor-class child from… — Hugo Chavez
I'm a man with many defects. I love. I sing. I dream. I was born in the poor countryside. I was raised in the countryside,… — Hugo Chavez
I'm scared to death of being poor. It's like a fat girl who loses 500 pounds but is always fat inside. I grew up poor… — Unknown Author
The rich are always advising the poor, but the poor seldom return the compliment. — Lord Chesterfield
The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
The honest poor can sometimes forget poverty. The honest rich can never forget it. — Gilbert K. Chesterton

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