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Poor Quotes by P.J. O'Rourke
- The real slums are another matter. The bad parts of Tondo are as bad as any place I've seen, ancient, filthy houses swarmed with the…
- In comparative terms, there's no poverty in America by a long shot. Heritage Foundation political scientist Robert Rector has worked up figures showing that when…
- When government does, occasionally, work, it works in an elitist fashion. That is, government is most easily manipulated by people who have money and power…
- How a peaceful, uncrowded place with ample wherewithal stays poor is hard to explain. How a conflict-ridden, grossly over-populated place with no resources whatsoever gets…
- The poor of the world cannot be made rich by the redistribution of wealth. Poverty can't be eliminated by punishing people who've escaped poverty, taking…
- 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…
- .......the poor of the world cannot be made rich by redistribution of wealth. Poverty can't be eliminated by punishing people who've escaped poverty, taking their…
- You can't get rid of poverty by giving people money.
- Modern elites live in bubbles of liberal affluence like Ann Arbor, Brookline, the Upper West Side, Palo Alto, or Chevy Chase. These places used to…
More Poor Quotes
- In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of… — Aristotle
- What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and… — Saint Augustine
- Single women have a dreadful propensity for being poor. Which is one very strong argument in favor of matrimony. — Jane Austen
- My father was a man of great charity towards the poor, and compassion for the sick, and also for servants; so much… — Teresa of Avila
- Riches are a good hand maiden, but a poor mistress. — Francis Bacon
- Gerald Boyd was a classic specimen of the self-made man. Born poor, he worked and studied his way up out of poverty… — Russell Baker
- Pride in the case of a rich man is bad, but pride in the case of a poor man is worse. — Abu Bakr
- I still think I'm like the poor girl from Colorado who worked three jobs to buy a car. That's still my mentality,… — Amy Adams