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[T]he sprawl of government into every conceivable realm of life has caused the withering of traditional institutions. Fathers become unnecessary if the government provides Aid… — Mona Charen
Forced to choose, the poor, like the rich, love money more than political liberty; and the only political freedom capable of enduring is one that… — Will Durant
I... [proposed] three distinct grades of education, reaching all classes. 1. Elementary schools for all children generally, rich and poor. 2. Colleges for a middle… — Thomas Jefferson
Politics doesn't work. Look at the parts of America where government has had the most power, where government has spent the most money. Look at… — P.J. O'Rourke
It's a mistake to think that poor people get the benefit from the welfare system. It's a total fraud. Most welfare go to the rich… — Ron Paul
Go, poor devil, get thee gone! Why should I hurt thee? This world surely is wide enough to hold both thee and me. — Laurence Sterne
People from the world's richest countries should be prepared to accept the burden of debt reduction for heavily indebted poor countries, and should urge their… — Pope Benedict XVI
A poor degenerate from the ape, Whose hands are four, whose tail's a limb, I contemplate my flaccid shape And know I may not rival… — Aldous Huxley
American journalism is a class institution, serving the rich and spurning the poor. — Upton Sinclair
It was tough for him in that newsroom with Ted Baxter getting all the glory and this poor guy doing all the work. Murray worried… — Gavin MacLeod
To help the poor to a capacity for action and liberty is something essential for one's own health as well as theirs: there is a… — Rowan Williams
I met the president when he was president-elect at a meeting in Austin. He spoke of his faith. He spoke of his desire for a… — Jim Wallis
Inequality makes everyone unhappy, the poor most of all, and that is well within the remit of the state. More money gives less extra happiness… — Polly Toynbee
I have committed my life to helping the poor, and I believe that if more companies followed Wal-Mart's lead in providing opportunity and savings to… — Andrew Young
Yes. Otherwise I could have done a lot of Hollywood movies. After Crouching Tiger I got a lot of offers, but I turned them down… — Zhang Ziyi
Our educational system is appallingly poor right now. Yet, somehow we're turning out some of the most intellectual and powerful sophisticated minds in the world.… — Malcolm Wallop
The circulating medium being issued only by those who labor, they would suddenly become invested with all the wealth and all the power; and those… — Josiah Warren
Too many people, because they were white and poor, black and rich, or just plain busy with something other than politics, have felt they had… — Mark Sanford
We think we do so much for the poor, but it is they who make us rich — Mother Teresa
The glories of our blood and state, Are shadows, not substantial things; There is no armour against fate, Death lays his icy hand on kings.… — James Shirley
There was really a snobbery from people in film - they did not want people who had come from television. It was the poor relation… — Sally Field
I grew up in a small town with a very small library. But the books in the library opened a large place in my heart.… — Marion Dane Bauer
An artist need not be a minister or a collector in church, but he must have a warm heart for people, and I find it… — Vincent Van Gogh
Never dreaming, was I, poor Jack Duluoz, that the soul is dead. That from Heaven grace descends . . . No Doctor Pisspot Poorpail to… — Jack Kerouac
So, when a raging fever burns, We shift from side to side by turns; And 't is a poor relief we gain To change the… — Isaac Watts

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