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A too great disproportion among the citizens weakens any state. Every person, if possible, ought to enjoy the fruits of his labour, in a full… — David Hume
From the earliest colonial days [in America], local governments took responsibility for their poor. However, able-bodied men and women generally were not supported by the… — Thomas G. West
It's not like we have not had close games. We've just been able to win them, and as a result, the reality sometimes doesn't set… — Mike Krzyzewski
This movie came as a reaction to reality. I realized that I do not know that 80 of the population that lives poor in my… — Jonathan Jakubowicz
My singing is part of me, like my stoutness, or my light hair, or my poor eyesight. — Kate Smith
Don't order any black things. Rejoice in his memory; and be radiant: leave grief to the children. Wear violet and purple. Be patient with the… — George Bernard Shaw
Democracy cannot flourish half rich and half poor, any more than it can flourish half free and half slave. — Felix Rohatyn
... our interests and our conscience compel us to act on behalf of those who long for freedom. And we must be a source of… — Barack Obama
Nothing will make me change my principles. Even with the knife at my neck I shall still declare, up to this day, the poor have… — Jean-Paul Marat
I had a vivid imagination. Not only could I put myself in the other person's place, but I could not avoid doing so. My sympathies… — Clarence Darrow
'Tis true there is much to be done, . . . but stick to it steadily, and you will see great effects, for constant dropping… — Benjamin Franklin
Even the weakest and most vulnerable, the sick, the old, the unborn and the poor, are masterpieces of God's creation, made in his own image,… — Pope Francis
The way to plan the family is natural family planning, not contraception...This (use of contraceptives) turns the attention to self and so it destroys the… — Mother Teresa
What if angry vectors veer Round your sleeping head, and form. There's never need to fear Violence of the poor world's abstract storm. — Robert Penn Warren
He mocks the people who proposes that the government shall protect the rich and that they in turn will care for the laboring poor. — Grover Cleveland
Democracy no longer works for the poor if politicians treat them as a separate race. — Unknown Author
From the fact of general well-being came the new position of the poor. They were now in most communities a minority. The voice of the… — John Kenneth Galbraith
The Republican nominee-to-be, of course, is also a young man. But his approach is as old as McKinley. His party is the party of the… — John F. Kennedy
[The word class has] been excised from the acceptable political vocabulary, except in the limited usage of right-wingers when they accuse liberals of inciting 'class… — Harry Shearer
For those of you who don't understand Reaganomics, it's based on the principle that the rich and the poor will get the same amount of… — Mo Udall
Oh, when I was a kid in show business I was poor. I used to go to orgies to eat the grapes. — Rodney Dangerfield
Nobody respects a country with a poor army, but everybody respects a country with a good army. I raise my toast to the Finnish army — Joseph Stalin
If all men were rich, all men would be poor. — Mark Twain
Foreign aid is taking money from the poor people of a rich country and giving it to the rich people of a poor country. — Ron Paul
Economists think the poor need them to tell them that they are poor. — Peter Drucker

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